Science and Mathematics: The Magnificent Age of the Baroque

In this lecture, SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, we will explore the value of sensory experiences and how English politician Sir Francis Bacon developed a method to gauge the truthfulness of knowledge by subjecting it to repeated testing. We will also explore Guarini’s dome of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Turin Cathedral which used the most advanced mathematical techniques of his day.

In this series on the age of Baroque, we explore how Martin Luther published his 95 theses in 1517. This was not only a challenge to the perceived corruption of the Catholic Church, it was an act which prompted the transformation of the religious, socio-political, and artistic landscape of Europe. One of the most dynamic styles to emerge in the wake of the Counter-Reformation, the Baroque, lasted a century and manifested differently in Italy, Spain, and France, where it produced the most extraordinary artists and architects including Caravaggio, Bernini, Velasquez, Poussin, and Borromini.