Power and Splendor Vs. Emotion and Feeling

<Tab/>A piece of artwork can convey countless messages to the eye of its beholder. It divulges a meticulous story about the era in which it was created and the points of view and biases of its creator. Like all other things, the purposes and inspirations for art change over time. A more momentous change is the connection between the artists and society. In the age of the Catholic Reformation, or the Baroque era, art was predominantly for the wealthy nobles and rulers; thus the artist looked to glorify the man or woman and put the public in a state of awe and bewilderment…