17th+Century+England+-+Religious+Art


 * Baroque art style was the dominant style during the time.
 * Baroque was heavily influenced by was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church and often depicted religious themes and emotional expression towards the religion.
 * Often associated with the division of The Catholics and Protestants.
 * Catholic church used the art as a campaign to influence the people to follow the catholic church. In the sense it would be both visually and emotionally appealing.
 *  "The new Baroque style is a dynamic art which reflects the growth of absolutist monarchies and is suitable to manifest power. It is also known as "the style of absolutism". Baroque is a style in which painters, sculptors, and architects rummaged emotion, movement, and variety in their works. Baroque favors higher volumes, exaggerates decorations, adds colossal sculptures, huge furniture etc. Sense of movement, energy, and tension are dominant impressions. Strong contrasts of light and shadow often enhance dramatic effects. In architecture, there was a special attention given to animation and grandeur achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow."

http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/baroque.htm