This had a very great influence on art. There were various inventions that were made in this era. For example there was the invention of the microscope by Anton Van Leewenhoek which enabled the discovery of blood cells and sperm. There was also the invention of the telescope by Galileo Galilei which led to the confirmation of the Copernicus’ heliocentric theory. A famous piece of art that was made during the baroque era would be the Matyrdom of Saint Lawrence by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Matyrdom of Saint Lawrence depicts the saint being burned alive on a gridiron. A single block of Carrara marble was used to make the sculpture. The structure showed anatomical precision and an infallible sense for the organic coherence and structure of the human body. The sculpture showed naturalism and was emotionally intense and was also three dimensional.
Rococo art was a French style of art which was decorative. Rococo artists used light colors and asymmetrical designs. I am going to talk about a painting that was made by Jean-Antione Watteau known as the Embarkation of Cythera. The painting shows a celebration that happened after the death of Louis the fourteenth. This wonderful piece of art celebrates love and shows couples close together and leaving in