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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chapel of the Holy Chalice architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Chapel of the Holy Chalice
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Valencia historic center architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of the Virgin of the Forsaken architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Bedroom movement Baroque
Space, Time and Architecture mentionsMovement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Heinrich Wölfflin fieldOfWork Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Honoré d’Urfé movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque literature
Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Galloro architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Trzebnica Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
New Palace (Potsdam) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Parlement de Bretagne building architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Teatro Bibiena architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ringling Museum of Art subject Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Prudenzia Stiattesi artisticContext Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Jael and Sisera movement Baroque
Lucretia movement Baroque
subject surface form: Lucretia (Gentileschi painting)
Guanajuato City historic center architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Trinitatis Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Oranienburg Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of San Giorgio fuori le mura architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Piazza Università, Catania architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Christopher Wren churches in London architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schottenstift architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nicolas Tournier movement Baroque
Andrea Sacchi movement Baroque
Hemony carillons historicalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Iglesia de San Mateo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Perseus and Andromeda culturalContext Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Willem Drost movement Baroque
Ducal Castle of Żagań architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Fatebenefratelli Hospital architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Neostoicism influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque culture
Katarina Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
UNESCO World Heritage Site Residences of the Royal House of Savoy architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Salerno Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Trinity Chapel architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carl von Gontard movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture