Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Baroque" in English language version.
empr. au port. barroco « rocher granitique » et « perle irrégulière », attesté dep. le xiiie s. sous la forme barroca (Inquisitiones, p. 99, Portugaliae Monumenta Historica, 1856 sqq. dans Mach.), d'orig. obsc., prob. préromane en raison du suff. -ǒccu très répandu sur le territoire ibérique
But Klein suggests the name may be from Italian painter Federico Barocci (1528–1612), whose work influenced the style.
However, the writings of theologians can go only so far towards explaining the evolution of confessional consciousness and the shaping of religious identity. Lutheran attachment to religious images was a result not only of Luther's own cautious endorsement of their use, but also of the particular religious and political context in which his Reformation unfolded. After the reformer's death in 1546, the image question was fiercely contested once again. But as Calvinism, with its iconoclastic tendencies, spread, Germany's Lutherans responded by reaffirming their commitment to the proper use of religious images. In 1615, Berlin's Lutheran citizens even rioted when their Calvinist rulers removed images from the city's Cathedral.
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