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- Girl with Pearl Earring, 1665
1590-1725
BAROQUE ERA
Realism and Emotion
During the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church challenged artists to portray religious subject matter with realism and emotion. This was the beginning of the Baroque Era. It was a reflection of movement in composition Along with vivid contrast in color and dark and light, new emotional intensity began appearing in the paintings of this time. Jan Vermeer is a well known Baroque artist. His painting of the Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 shows an outstanding example of Baroque style.