The Protestant Reformation produced new waves of image - destruction , to which the Church responded with the dramatic and emotive Baroque and Rococo styles .
Romanesque and Gothic art flowered in the Western Church as the style of painting and statuary moved in an increasingly naturalistic direction .
The Protestant Reformation produced new waves of image - destruction , to which the Western Church responded with the dramatic and emotive Baroque and Rococo styles .
Romanesque and Gothic art flowered in the Western Church as the style of painting and statuary moved in an increasingly naturalistic direction .