Catholic art

The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well.

thumb|300px|Cimabue's Maestà , Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. thumb|right|300px|The central panel of Duccio's Maestà with Twenty Angels and Nineteen Saints (1308–1311), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, [[Siena.]] Maestà , the Italian word for 'majesty', designates a classification of images of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, the designation generally implying accompaniment by angels, saints, or both. The Maestà is an extension of the "Seat of Wisdom" theme of the seated "Mary Theotokos", "Mary Mother of God", which is a counterpart to the earlier icon of Christ in Majesty, the enthr

thumb|upright=1|Group showing Emerentia, Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus Christ (anonymous, 1400–1600, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

embroidered works made in Medieval England featuring silk and metal threads, often on a silk twill or velvet ground

representation of the birth of Jesus

curtain hung in some churches during Lent

effects worn by Christian pilgrims

art produced by or for members of the Catholic Church