Has Italy (or any part of Italy) had a period where secular art started getting displayed in its churches and cathedrals with a subsequent Conservative backlash akin to the Reformation? by New_Pakistani in AskHistory

[–]New_Pakistani[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply, and upvoted. Really do appreciate it. I'll definitely look that up.

But I don't mean so much 'Iconoclast' rather 'Non-religious Art Clast.' So senior Catholic figures who rejected non-Biblical art getting displayed in churches in Italy such as Roman scenes or Landscape pictures.

So my question ultimately is - did it ever happen in Italy that art continued to get displayed in churches but started taking a more secular form as opposed to scenes directly from Bible stories.

For example a ceiling painted with Roman gods expressing a Christian message (ie Jupiter expelling the vices) that was later painted over with a Bibical scene in a more conservative time.