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 São Miguel architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Paço das Escolas architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Machado de Castro National Museum (adjacent area historically linked to the complex) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Machado de Castro National Museum
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Joanine Library architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic district of Versailles hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Giovanni Calibita architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sé Nova de Coimbra architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Masters Gallery timePeriodCovered Baroque
subject surface form: Old Masters Gallery (Budapest)
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Gdańsk Old Town architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Strelna Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Belvedere Palace (Weissenstein/Paide project, unrealized or altered) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint George in Sremski Karlovci architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of St. Euphemia architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Euphemia bell tower architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Raising of Lazarus movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Raising of Lazarus (Jouvenet)
The Visitation movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Visitation (Jouvenet)
The Triumph of Justice artHistoricalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Church of San Domenico architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of San Domenico (Forlì)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria dei Monti, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo dei Conservatori (modifications), Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Flemish people historicalPeriodOfProminence Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Banquet Still Life artStyle Baroque
Coysevox movement Baroque
subject surface form: Antoine Coysevox
Le Romain movement Baroque
subject surface form: Pierre Mignard
Basilica di Sant’Andrea della Valle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hôtel de Ville de Lyon architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Vignola influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Kunstmuseum Bern collectionRange Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Eggenberg Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cardinal Federico Cornaro associatedWith Baroque
subject surface form: Federico Cornaro
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Valentin Lämmerhirt timePeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Old Town Hall, Prague architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
The Letter movement Baroque
Hals movement Baroque
Peter Strudel movement Baroque
Nicolas Mignard movement Baroque
Tabor Gate architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Château de Richelieu architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Ayaviri architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture