Explain the general characteristics of Italian Baroque art in comparison to Italian Renaissance art? What aspects of social, economic, political, and religious life do various Baroque works express? Cite example from the textbook, Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Varieties of Protestantism and Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: The Counter-Reformation. What are the major themes of Baroque works?

Explain the general characteristics of Italian Baroque art in comparison to Italian Renaissance art? What aspects of social, economic, political, and religious life do various Baroque works express? Cite example from the textbook, Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Varieties of Protestantism and Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: The Counter-Reformation. What are the major themes of Baroque works?