The Carthusian Paintings of Juan Sánchez Cotán
Juan Sánchez Cotán paintings move from austere still life to monastic devotion. Step into the great cycle of the Charterhouse of Granada.
12 Baroque Christian Paintings by the Masters of Light and Shadow
Baroque Christian paintings transformed the language of sacred art more radically than any movement before or since. Between roughly 1600…
Guercino Paintings and the Drama of Bolognese Baroque
Guercino (1591–1666), born Giovanni Francesco Barbieri in Cento near Ferrara, was one of the most powerful and prolific painters of…
Domenichino: Paintings of Music, Vision, and Heaven
Domenichino (1581–1641), born Domenico Zampieri in Bologna, was among the most celebrated painters of the Roman Baroque and the most…
Agostino Carracci: Sacred Paintings from the Carracci Circle
Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) occupies a singular place among the three Carracci cousins: he was the most intellectually versatile, equally accomplished…
Ludovico Carracci Paintings That Shaped the Baroque
Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619) was the eldest of the three Carracci cousins and the driving force behind the reform of Italian…
Annibale Carracci Paintings That Renewed Baroque Art
Annibale Carracci paintings stand at the exact hinge between the Renaissance and the Baroque. Born in Bologna in 1560, he…
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Paintings and the Venetian Baroque
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo paintings represent the last great flowering of Italian Baroque painting and the supreme achievement of the Venetian…
The Devotional Intensity of Carlo Dolci Paintings
Carlo Dolci (1616–1686) was the most intensely devout painter of the Italian Baroque and the supreme representative of a Florentine…
Powerful Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings of Women and Justice
Artemisia Gentileschi paintings stand among the most powerful religious works of the Baroque period and represent one of the most…