Rome: From the “Whore of Babylon” to the Resplendent Bride of Christ When Martin Luther tacked his 95 theses to the doors of Wittenburg Cathedral in 1517 protesting the Catholic Church’s corruption, he initiated a movement that would transform the religious, political, and artistic landscape of Europe. For the next century, Europe would be in … Continue reading Reading: The Baroque: Art, Politics, and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Europe