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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Art in Roman Catholicism
Art in Roman Catholicism naturalistic direction. The Protestant
Reformation, produced new waves of image-destruction, to which
the Church responded with the dramatic and emotive Baroque and
Rococco styles. In the 19th century the leadership in western
art moved away from the Catholic Church which, after embracing
historical revivalism was increasingly affected by the modernist
movement.   Coronation of the Virgin by Enguerrand Quarton, with
Christ and God the Father as identical figures, as specified by
the cleric who commissioned the work Roman Catholic art consists
of all visual works produced in an attempt to illustrate,
supplement and portray in tangible form the teachings of the
Roman Catholic Church. This includes sculpture, painting,
mosaics, metalwork, embroidery and even architecture. Catholic
art has played a leading role in the history and development of
Western Art since at least the fourth