How does the artwork of the time coincide with the natural sciences and changes in culture that existed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? What was the role of religion in baroque art?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Religious institutions as patrons of the arts
2. Greater attention to detail and realistic depictions of the physical world, thanks to studies of anatomy and biology
3. Association of baroque art with absolutist authority
4. The grandeur and emotional appeal of baroque art and how this was appealing to both religious and secular authorities
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