The document discusses the Baroque art movement between 1600-1750. It began in Rome as a reaction against Renaissance art, which was seen as too perfect. Baroque art used dramatic lighting effects to create maximum emotional impact. The two main categories of Baroque art were Catholic countries like Italy, Spain, France which featured huge religious works, and Protestant countries like the Netherlands and England which focused more on portraits and landscapes with little religious imagery. Famous artists of the period included Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hogarth and Reynolds.