The Baroque period started in 1600 and it ended in 1750. The Baroque movement originated in Colonial America.The religious conflicts which had begun in the Renaissance with the Reformation and Counter Reformation continue well into the 17th c. The battle between the Catholic and Protestants launched wars, and separated a country - the Netherlands, became Catholic Flanders (modern day Belgium) and Protestant Holland.Galileo's investigations of the planets, for example, account for astronomical accuracy in many paintings of the time.I like Galileo's work.                                                 

This is one of my personal favorites, of the pictures from google images lol. Most baroque art is seen in cathedrals or chapels.