The Emergence of Contemporary Thought

Organised jointly by the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico and the Museo Nacional del Prado, the route Calderón and Painting aims to invite the public to contemplate the Baroque painting of the permanent collection from the conceptual and aesthetic subtlety of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681). 

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To acknowledge the intellectual complexity of Calderón’s works, we should consider that the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation were neither homogeneous nor exactly antagonistic phenomena. In fact, syncretism with classical culture and the rediscovery of Early Christianity encouraged theological debates across Europe, creating a common ground for the development of contemporary scientific thought.