From the peace of Cateau-up to the age Cambrésis Baroque (1559-1600).
In Italy since 1527, the year of the sack of Rome by the troops of mercenaries in the pay of the Emperor Charles V.
Considerations period
1. Reduction of the States General
2. English hegemony
3. The affirmation of the Reformation Evangelical
This period is divided into
· Late Renaissance Mannerism
· "beautiful way". Current Italian art, especially painting. It is inspired by the manner of the great artists who had left the Renaissance (Michelangelo, Raphael). It tries to follow the style of their masters while maintaining the style. It is spreading in all countries, especially those Catholics as it is adopted by the Church of Rome to fight Protestantism. Has the greatest exponent of Torquato Tasso.
Torquato Tasso
His most important and best known is "The Jerusalem freed, "an epic poem that describes Catholic clashes between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem.
Considerations:
· Opera Gerusalemme Liberata guest of the Duke of Ferrara to the city under an assumed name when Calvin is a guest of the wife of the Duke.
· tells of the struggle against the Turks - the Ottomans began to harass the Church
· The Jerusalem Delivered "is the masterpiece of Italian literature of mannerism. ° Charges
wrote Jerusalem Delivered from the model of Ariosto, refining poetic.
° for 3 centuries La Gerusalemme Liberata will be read by all middle class / aristocracy.
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