Catholic Art verse Protestant Art

INTRODUCTION In this essay I am going to show the differences and similarities between Catholic and Protestant art works. I am first going to give a brief background into the history of the time. I am going to explain how the Protestant movement started and how it effected the art works of the relevant countries. I am going to show that the conflict between the two religions created war and social unrest between countries. I …

…ways in which they could do that was to paint scenes that the ordinary person would relate to. I also believe that that same situation influenced the Catholics because they were members to the Protestant movement. They had to capture the imagination of the viewer to try change their minds to come back to their religion. The art work at this time was a huge competition to see who was the stronger of the two.