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Baroque Art

Our collection of articles on baroque art, philosophy, and religious thinking of the XVI and XVII centuries.

SITGES

Daniel Esparza

A church by the seaside: Sitges’ St. Thecla

Susza odsłoniła ruiny zatopionego kościoła w Meksyku

Daniel Esparza

Baroque church emerges from drought-stricken reservoir

Daniel Esparza

This church supplanted Hagia Sophia as world’s largest cathedral

Daniel Esparza

The tapestries of St. John’s Co-Cathedral are back on display

Daniel Esparza

Caravaggio’s ‘Judith and Holofernes’ visits the US

Flagellation du Christ

Daniel Esparza

The Getty Museum buys a Baroque masterpiece by Carracci

LAS MENINAS, DIEGO VELAZQUES

Daniel Esparza

She donated a painting to her parish church. It was a masterpiece.

TERESA OF AVILA,DEVIL

Daniel Esparza

Dallas Museum pays tribute to the Holy Women of the Spanish Empire

ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA

V. M. Traverso

This famous sculpture depicts the ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila

SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS

Daniel Esparza

Listen to Loreena McKennitt’s 1994 rendition of St. John of the Cross’ “Dark Night of the Soul”

ST AGUSTINE PAOAY CHURCH

Daniel Esparza

The Church of Saint Agustin of Paoay in the Philippines, a great example of “Earthquake Baroque” architecture

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Daniel Esparza

At the Sintra Palace in Portugal, a unique image of Jesus’ death and resurrection is preserved

Miagao_Church

Daniel Esparza

The Miagao “Fortress” Church in the Philippines: A church built from limestone, adobe, and coral

CHRIST

Daniel Esparza

Did the Psalms inspire Velázquez’s Crucified Christ?

Daniel Esparza

The Sistine Chapel of Mexico: the Sanctuary of Atotonilco

San Francisco (Quito, Ecuador)

Pablo Cesio

The Church of San Francisco (Quito, Ecuador) in all its splendor

SAINT JEROME

Javier Fiz Pérez

How appreciating Baroque art can enhance your spirituality

CARAVAGGIO ART

Elizabeth Lev

Love the beauty of Rome? Thank Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Sts. Peter and Paul!

WEB3 FEDERICO BAROCCI VISITATION 1583 Chiesa Nuova Wikipedia

Elizabeth Lev

Pilgrimage in painting: Pain, privilege and abiding wonder

REMBRANDT SELF PORTRAIT

Daniel Esparza

The new Rembrandt is a computer

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