Colonial Baroque

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architectural style art style cultural movement

Colonial Baroque is a regional form of Baroque art and architecture that developed in European colonies, especially in Latin America, blending European Baroque aesthetics with local materials, traditions, and indigenous influences.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Latin American Baroque 4
Brazilian Baroque 1
Colonial Baroque canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
art style ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
blendsWith indigenous motifs ⓘ
local craft traditions ⓘ
developedDuring 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
developedIn Brazil ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form: New Spain

Portuguese America ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
developedInContextOf European colonialism ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex altarpieces ⓘ
dramatic contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
dynamic facades ⓘ
integration of architecture and sculpture ⓘ
ornate decoration ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ
rich sculptural programs ⓘ
syncretic symbolism ⓘ
use of gilding ⓘ
use of polychrome decoration ⓘ
hasMainType Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque art
hasRegionalVariant Andean Baroque ⓘ
Colonial Baroque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brazilian Baroque

Churrigueresque in the Americas ⓘ
Mexican Baroque ⓘ
influencedBy Counter-Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Counter-Reformation

Baroque ⓘ
surface form: European Baroque

Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Baroque

Spanish Baroque Revival ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Baroque

indigenous artistic traditions ⓘ
local materials ⓘ
purpose Christianization of indigenous populations ⓘ
expression of colonial power ⓘ
religious propaganda ⓘ
subclassOf Baroque ⓘ
regional Baroque ⓘ
typicalBuildingType cathedrals ⓘ
churches ⓘ
civic buildings ⓘ
missions ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
usesMaterial gold leaf ⓘ
local stone ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
wood ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baroque → hasSubstyle → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
Colonial Baroque → hasRegionalVariant → Colonial Baroque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazilian Baroque
Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City → architecturalStyle → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Baroque
La Compañía de Jesús Church → architecturalStyle → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Baroque
lo real maravilloso americano → associatedWith → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American baroque
Andean Baroque → relatedTo → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Baroque
Havana Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Baroque
Miagao Church → architecturalStyle → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortress Baroque
Quito School of Art → relatedTo → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Baroque
Italian Baroque → hasInfluenceOn → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Baroque