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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Pilgrimage to Cythera influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Chiesa di Santa Susanna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Town of Zurich architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Domenichino movement Baroque
Self-portrait (attributed) associatedPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Jan II Verkolje movement Baroque
Barri Vell architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Girona Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Girona Cathedral with wide staircase hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Girona Cathedral
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palace of Aranjuez architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Giovanni Lanfranco movement Baroque
Noël Quillerier (brother-in-law and teacher) movement Baroque
subject surface form: Noël Quillerier
New Cathedral of Lleida architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Piazza del Duomo architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Piazza del Duomo (Catania)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Barberini family patronOf Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Barberini family patronOf Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Triumph of Divine Providence ceiling fresco by Pietro da Cortona movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Triumph of Divine Providence
The Descent from the Cross movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Descent from the Cross (Le Sueur)
The Rape of Tamar genre Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
The Finding of Moses movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Finding of Moses (Charles de La Fosse)
historic centre of Naples hasPeriodOfSignificantDevelopment Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Świdnica hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bridge of Hadrian restoredIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Titov trg (Tito Square) hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Titov trg
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Balthasar Neumann movement Baroque
Basilika Vierzehnheiligen architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Neumann fieldOfWork Baroque
subject surface form: Balthasar Neumann
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint Ignatius Church architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Saint Ignatius Church (Gorizia)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
François Mansart movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
comte de Sagonne associatedWithPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
comte de Sagonne movement Baroque
subject surface form: Jules Hardouin-Mansart
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Georg Gsell movement Baroque
Coronation of the Virgin by Diego Velázquez movement Baroque
subject surface form: Coronation of the Virgin
Queen Anne’s Alcove architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture