High Renaissance to Baroque: Caravaggio to Bernini (in person)

The Reformation wrought havoc with the established order and a century of war and revolution followed. By the mid seventeenth century Europe was divided into Roman Catholic and Protestant states.  We consider the impact of these changes in painting, sculpture and architecture, tracing the emergence of a new Baroque style – most spectacularly in the work of Bernini and Borromini in Rome, but spreading rapidly to other parts of Europe.  In France strong ties developed between the court and the arts, while England under the Tudors saw a flowering in portraiture, architecture and the luxury arts. With the Stuarts, ties between England and Europe became closer, and consequently continental artists and sculptors came to London and the English court. Flemish artists such as Rubens and van Dyck were patronised by the crown, and Charles I built up a fine art collection.