1. Baroque 1600-1750

2. In fine art, the term Baroque (derived from the Portuguese 'barocco' meaning, 'irregular pearl or stone') describes a fairly complex idiom, originating in Rome, which flowered during the period c.1590- 1720, and which embraced painting, and sculpture as well as architecture. After the idealism of the Renaissance (c.1400-1530), and the slightly 'forced' nature of Mannerism (c.1530-1600), Baroque art above all reflected the religious tensions of the age - notably the desire of the Catholic Church in Rome (as annunciated at the Council of Trent, 1545-63) to reassert itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. Thus it is almost synonymous with Catholic Counter- Reformation Art of the period.

3. Francesco Borromini San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Rome 1665-1676

4. Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa,Cornaro Chapel, 1647–1652 Santa Maria della Vittoria

5. Bernini, "David," 1623-1624, Rome, Galleria

6. Caravaggio The Calling of St Matthew 1599-1600

7. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Entombment, 1603-04

8. Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1611–1612

9. The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne - Annibale Carracci - 1597

10. Guido Reni, Aurora, 1613-14

11. Guercino and Agostino Tassi. Aurora. Italian Baroque. 1621–23

12. The Triumph of the Name of Jesus, Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Baciccio), 1678–79

13. Pietro da Cortona, Triumph of Pope Urban VIII Barberini, 1632-39

14. Ribera,The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, 1639

15. Francisco Zurbarán, Saint Serapion 1628 oil on canvas

16. Diego Velazquez. Water Carrier of Seville. 1619

17. Philip IV of Spain - Velázquez 1644

18. The surrender of Breda | Diego Velázquez | 1635

19. Natalia Rivera Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656-7

20. Peter Paul Rubens The Raising of the Cross. 1610-1611. oil on panel.

21. The Consequence of War, 1637-38. Peter Rubens

22. Anthony van Dyck. Charles I Dismounted. 1635

23. Charles I on Horseback. Artist, Anthony van Dyck, 1637–38

24. Clara Peeters - Still life with a tart, roast chicken, bread

25. Allegory Of The Art Of Painting Vermeer Comallegory

26. Johannes Vermeer,The Milkmaid, 657– 1658, Oil on canvas

27. Johannes Vermeer's "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter," 1662-1665.

28. Gerrit van Honthorst – Supper Party with Lute Player (1620) oil on canvas The Calling of St. Matthew Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1621

29. 1632 Rembrandt van Rijn - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp Oil on canvas

30. Rembrandt The Night Watch (1642)

31. Rembrandt, Portrait of his son Titus

32. Self-Portrait with Two Circles, 1660.

33. Rembrandt 'The Return of the Prodigal Son'(detail) 1663-65

34. The Hundred Guilder Print (Christ Preaching), ca. 1649

35. Sergeants of the St. Hadrian Civic Guard, painting by Frans Hals, c. 1633.

36. Judith Leyster Self Portrait 1630 oil on canvas

37. Cuyp, Distant View of Dordrecht, late 1640s

38. Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede by Jacob van Ruisdael, 1670

39. Jan Steen - The Feast of St. Nicholas, 1665 - 1668

40. Vanitas Still Life, 1630. Oil on panel

41. William Kalf, Willem Still-Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar, 1669

42. Poussia,Et in Arcadia Ego, 1640

43. Poussia, Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion (1648)

44. Claude Lorrain | Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629

45. Louis Le Nain,Family of Country People. ca. 1640.

47. Portrait of Louis XIV of France, c.1701/02 | Hyacinthe Rigaud|

48. Architecture

49. Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, Paris, France

50. Apollon and the Nymphs 1666-73. Marble, life-size. Apollo Grotto, Versailles

51. Royal Chapel, Versailles Palace, Paris, France

52. Inigo Jones The Banqueting House c. 1619-1622

53. St Paul's Cathedral,1675-1700, London