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Assignment Three – Research – Chapter Th

30 years war. Spain in decline. Dutch republic rises to power. Decline of Holy Roman Empire. More tolerance. Rule increasingly parliamentary/republican/autocratic. Papacy recovering from Protestant Reformation – Rome once again artistic centre as was France. (pp 567-8) New beginnings in Rome N Italy, Carracci (idealism) and Caravaggio (naturalism). Contrasting directly with 16th c art theory, […]