The diversity of baroque is brought out by several factors, political, religious, and social being the major ones. Religion is believed to be the source of this era as a result of the Catholic Church requiring new artistic work. The art used in the church was supposed to draw individuals back to church and reinstate their faith. The visual arts played a significant role in guiding the faithful. For it to be transparent to the illiterate, art had to be powerful, clear and persuasive. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was the first painter of baroque art who painted canvases based on the New Testament. An example of his work, The Crowning with Thorns, is a piece that shows the period before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The painting
