Baroque Pulpit (detail)

This detail from the Baroque wooden pulpit (mid-1600s) shows carved putti (cherubic child figures), hybrid creatures, and curling acanthus leaves integrated into the structure. Such rich carving formed part of Counter-Reformation church interiors, where sculpture, painting, and preaching worked together. The animated forms demonstrate how Baroque pulpits turned functional furnishings into focal points of liturgical space.