The document discusses characteristics of Baroque art and provides examples of works from prominent Baroque artists. Baroque art is characterized by a sense of realism, movement, intense emotion, and strong contrasts of light and shadow. Artists mentioned include Caravaggio and his work The Crucifixion of St. Peter, Rubens' Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles, Gentileschi's Judith & Maidservant with Head of Holofernes, Bernini's Bust of Louis XIV, Velazquez's Maids of Honor, Rembrandt's The Night Watch, and Vermeer's Young Woman with a Water Jug.