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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Church of the Misericórdia of Angra do Heroísmo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pietro da Cortona movement Baroque
Jacques Lemercier movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
On Ugliness periodCovered Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Andreas Schlüter movement Baroque
Eosander von Göthe movement Baroque
Barbastro hasBuildingStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Wallfahrtskirche Oggersheim architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schloss Oggersheim architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Tsar's Village architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mattia Preti movement Baroque
Andrea Vaccaro movement Baroque
Battistello Caracciolo era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
House of del Monte activeDuring Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
House of del Monte associatedWith Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Royal Palace of Portici architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Villa d’Elboeuf architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Grand Cascade architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Grand Cascade (Saint-Cloud)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
“Titus at His Desk” period Baroque
subject surface form: Titus at His Desk
“Portrait of Titus” timePeriodOfCreation Baroque
subject surface form: Portrait of Titus
this entity surface form: Baroque era
“Titus in a Monk’s Habit” movement Baroque
subject surface form: Titus in a Monk’s Habit
“Titus as a Young Man” period Baroque
subject surface form: Titus as a Young Man
Orazio Gentileschi movement Baroque
Bartolomeo Manfredi movement Baroque
Giovanni Baglione movement Baroque
Trinitatis Complex architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Peter’s Church architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: St. Peter’s Church (Jaffa)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ernst Schacht artisticStyle Baroque
Santa Maria della Scala architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Royal Stables architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Royal Stables (Christiansborg Palace)
Johann Jakob Michael Küchel movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic centre of Valencia architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Castle Hill significantPeriod Baroque
subject surface form: Castle Hill (Budapest)
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Mario Minniti movement Baroque
carillon of the Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Budavár architecturalStyle Baroque
Santos Juanes Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture