• Examine the ceiling frescoes of Carracci, Reni, da Cortona, Gaulli, and Pozzo (see pages 662-665).  What themes are evoked, beyond the imagery itself, by the theatrical and illusionistic devices used by these artists?
• Discuss some of the main issues of Spanish Baroque art as influenced by the Counter-Reformation.  See pages 666-670.
  

• What philosophical, religious, and stylistic issues contributed to the completion of St. Peter's, Vatican City, Rome (see pages 650-652)?
• David  (see page 653) and Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (see page 654) by Gianlorenzo Bernini.  What elements of the Baroque style are embodied in both these works?
• Examine the facade of San Carlo alle Quartro Fontane, Rome, designed by Francesco Borromini (see page 654).  What is the "new dynamism" that appears in this structure?
• Compare Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (see page 659) with Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi (see page 662).  What four elements seen in both these works clearly identify them as Baroque?  In what one important way are they different and why?
• Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez (see page 670) displays 'a duality of themes' as well as a statement about the artist's profession.  What are these three 'subjects' of the painting and how does Velazquez create this content?

    a)  Here's a look at "some Baroque projects and masters" -- look at them all!
    b)  Fifteen works by Caravaggio...click on each one for details!
    c)  Examine this site on Baroque architecture.
    d)  Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.