Humans are regarded as the most intelligent species that have taken control of the Earth. Over the years, humans have developed in many aspects, such as communication and enhanced technology. We express themselves in many different ways that have led to determining the similarities and differences amongst ourselves. This essay will talk about how the similarities and differences of humans affect human cultures and how the Protestant and Catholic Counter-Reformation influence works of Age of the Baroque.
Many reasons make humans similar and different. In our lives, we interact with different people, and we often find something familiar in all of us. We all still have a story about our lives and backgrounds and also understand one another easily. Humans also differ in various ways. Some are tall while others are short, the poor, and the rich and of different races and languages. All these similarities affect our culture as they determine how people live and set the customs that vary in different cultures.
The Baroque style resulted from the continuation of the Renaissance, and over time huge differences in the styles emerged. Baroque art was utilized in religious and secular autocracy. They were essential in Protestant and Catholic Counter-Reformation.
A one-piece that catches the baroque period is the Caravaggio, Deposition. The Entombment piece center of attraction was Christ’s followers and his mother moving the body to the tomb after the crucifixion. Caravaggio uses the darkness in contrast with light with figures in the art piece around it to create a dramatic call to attention. This work of art helped contribute to the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
Christ Blessing, an artwork by German Painter, puts in view the perspective of the protestant reformation. A Donor Family surrounds the artwork. The tablets portrayed in the painting have versions about salvation and the afterlife from Martin Luther’s Bible translation. From Luther’s belief, Christ’s direct relationship to believers is pointed.
Christ and the Adulteress by Lucas Cranach, the Younger, and Workshop, is another painting that depicts the protestant reformation. The painting illustrated the verse “He that is without sin is among you, let them first cast a stone at her” (John 8:7) written at the top of it. The woman in the painting is accused of adultery, and her punishment was death. The painting had a connection to the protestant reformation with the idea of someone with sin still having a connection with Jesus.