Christian Imagery During The Renaissance

With the start of the Renaissance came an intellectual awakening. Even though the majority of the artistic works of the time featured some form of Christian imagery, elements of the scientific discoveries of the time can be seen subtly in the paintings and architecture of the era. As the Renaissance was a time where human intellect expanded and morphed in drastic ways, it was also an extremely controversial time of diminishing religion and changing ideas. One of the most controversial discoveries of the Renaissance was the discovery of the universe and the fact that the sun does not revolve around the Earth, shattering the commonly held belief by the Christian population that humans were the center of the universe because that's how God designed them, as humans are said to be made in God's image and His most
Part of the reason that so much of science can be seen through the artistic works of the time is due to the fact that most artists were also scientists utilizing art to marvel at their discoveries and display it in a way that showed the world a new side of science, what was then a rarely known side of human intellect. Even outside of literal art, architects became mathematicians as they discovered new and more efficient ways to construct new styles of building. With the passing of the Renaissance came popularity of the Baroque and Rococo styles of art and architecture in Western Europe. The Baroque style is believed to have come from the Catholic church and was utilized with the primary purpose of increasing awareness of the Catholic religion. This newfound artistic interest in the Catholic religion started as a response by the Catholic church to Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation. As the Catholic church became more flustered over Martin Luther's outspoken ways, they began their own reformation to bring about awareness to what they perceived to be a misguided people