Even from the beginning of the eighteenth century there was a turn against the triumphs of the Baroque, so that we now have great difficulty in understanding such a figure as Guarini and his work, which also includes his mathematical philosophy and figural meaning, or geometrical iconography.
Kahit na mula sa simula ng ikalabing-walo na siglo nagkaroon ng isang bumaligtad ang triumphs ng Baroque, kaya na namin ngayon ay may mahusay na paghihirap sa pag-unawa tulad ng isang figure bilang Guarini at sa kanyang trabaho, kung saan din kasama ang kanyang mga matematika at pilosopiya figural kahulugan, o heometriko ikonograpia .