Saint Martina calling down Lightning on the Idols Holy Family Catholic Church She was beheaded for her

She was beheaded for her refusal to renounce Christ

and theorist of the German Renaissance

anecdotal style and it is characteristic of Biedermeier art in general

showing Andromache

Saint Martina calling down Lightning on the Idols Holy Family Catholic Church She was beheaded for herThis famous saint here depicted calling down lightening from heaven to destroy the pagan idols Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.