Caravaggio and Baglione: the Collision of Humanism and Religion

Qianyi Yang

2025

Abstract

The Renaissance has always played an important part in the history of art, and during this period many new doctrines and ideas were born in Europe. Caravaggio and Baglione, as artists belonging to the same Renaissance period, expressed very different symbolic meanings in their creations. This paper will explore the conflict between humanism and religion during the Renaissance in the context of the times by presenting the different ideas expressed by these two artists in their opposing paintings: the Amor Vincit Omnia and the Sacred Love Profane Love and then demonstrate how this idea was reflected in society through Caravaggio's St Matthew and the angels, and shows the specificity of humanism and religious culture in the times and confirms the importance of change in the development of society.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Yang Q. (2025). Caravaggio and Baglione: the Collision of Humanism and Religion. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD; ISBN 978-989-758-779-5, SciTePress, pages 415-418. DOI: 10.5220/0013998500004912

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iesd25,
author={Qianyi Yang},
title={Caravaggio and Baglione: the Collision of Humanism and Religion},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD},
year={2025},
pages={415-418},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013998500004912},
isbn={978-989-758-779-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD
TI - Caravaggio and Baglione: the Collision of Humanism and Religion
SN - 978-989-758-779-5
AU - Yang Q.
PY - 2025
SP - 415
EP - 418
DO - 10.5220/0013998500004912
PB - SciTePress