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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Convento de San Francisco de Asís architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Luigi dei Francesi architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, Paris architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cimiez Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schloss Münster architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Lorenzo in Miranda architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Georges de La Tour movement Baroque
Old Master prints relatedTo Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Jesuit chapel of Saint-Omer architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Tom Tower architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Église Saint-Louis-en-l’Île architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abbey of St. Trudpert architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Guercino movement Baroque
historic Old Town architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: historic Old Town of Lublin
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lope de Vega movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque literature
Schloss Benrath architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Friedrichsfelde Palace hasStylePeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
The Guitar Player by Johannes Vermeer artHistoricalPeriod Baroque
subject surface form: The Guitar Player
Mainz Cathedral (shared use for Protestant services in the region) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Mainz Cathedral
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abbey of Schuttern architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Zygmunt Column (patronage) era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Cotroceni Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Luca Giordano movement Baroque
Portuguese literature historicalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque literature
Ettal Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Église Saint‑Sulpice architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Luis de Góngora movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque literature
Friedenstein Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Gondar hasArchitecturalInfluence Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Melk Abbey notablePeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Carlo Dolci movement Baroque
Henry Aldrich movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Murcia architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
John Blow movement Baroque
Henry Purcell movement Baroque
St. John’s Co-Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Auberge de Castille architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture