Baroque

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Baroque is a highly ornate and dramatic artistic style that flourished in 17th-century Europe, characterized by emotional intensity, rich detail, and dynamic compositions in art, architecture, and music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic style
cultural movement
historical period
appliesTo architecture
literature
music
painting
sculpture
theatre
visual arts
follows Renaissance
hasArchitecturalFeature curved forms
dramatic facades
grand staircases
oval plans
rich ornamentation
hasCharacteristic dramatic
dynamic compositions
emotional intensity
ornate
rich detail
hasGeographicScope Europe
hasLegacy influenced Neoclassicism
influenced Rococo
influenced Romanticism
hasMovement Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central European Baroque

Dutch Golden Age
surface form: Dutch Baroque

Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: English Baroque

Flemish Baroque
Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: French Baroque

Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: Italian Baroque

Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: Portuguese Baroque

Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: Spanish Baroque
hasMusicalForm cantata
concerto grosso
fugue
opera
oratorio
suite
hasNotableArchitect Christopher Wren
Francesco Borromini
Guarino Guarini
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
hasNotableArtist Caravaggio
Diego Velázquez
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Nicolas Poussin
Peter Paul Rubens
Rembrandt van Rijn
surface form: Rembrandt
hasNotableCenter Amsterdam
Antwerp
Lisbon
Madrid
Munich
Paris
Prague
Rome
Vienna
hasNotableComposer Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
Claudio Monteverdi
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
hasPurpose to evoke emotional response
to glorify church and monarchy
hasSubstyle Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: Churrigueresque

Colonial Baroque
Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: High Baroque

Late Baroque
Sicilian Baroque
hasTheme light and shadow contrast
movement and energy
religious drama
theatricality
hasTimePeriod 17th century
early 18th century
influencedBy Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Counter-Reformation
absolutist courts
precedes Classical period
Rococo architecture
surface form: Rococo
usesTechnique chiaroscuro
dramatic perspective
illusionistic ceiling painting
quadratura
tenebrism

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Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Nikolaikirche (Leipzig)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Faro Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Homburg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nymphenburg Canal hasPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Anichkov Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Florence on the Elbe associatedWithPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Frauenkirche architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Frauenkirche (Dresden)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Kajetan architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pécs Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
cathedral complex of Trier architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Dresden Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Altstadt hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Altstadt (Dresden)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Porte Saint-Martin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Guitar Player movement Baroque
Domenico Montagnana historicalEra Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
De re aedificatoria influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Porte Saint-Denis architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Juan Gómez de Mora movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schleißheim Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Badenburg architecturalStyle Baroque
The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew by Caravaggio movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew
Portrait of a Woman by Velázquez movement Baroque
subject surface form: Portrait of a Woman (Velázquez)
Jürgen Ovens movement Baroque
Jürgen Ovens artisticStyle Baroque
Jacob Jordaens movement Baroque
Tuscan order usedIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Yusupov Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Erbdrostenhof architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Biebrich hasHeritage Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Claudio Coello movement Baroque
Claudio Coello style Baroque
south bell tower architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: South Bell Tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Historic Centre of Seville architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Agostino Barelli movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, England architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Salomon de Brosse movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abbey of Salem architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Catedral de Santa María de la Sede architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Farnese Hercules sculpture collection hasInfluenceOn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
La tentation de Saint Antoine popularIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period