How Religion Shaped the Visual Language
Religion shaped European art during the High Renaissance and Baroque. Religion shaped the visual language and topics of artworks, whether painters were patronized by a Catholic Pope, supporting Counter-Reformation, or affected by the Protestant Reformation. This essay will examine five paintings from this period—Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece, Dürer’s Four Apostles, Caravaggio’s The ... Read More
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