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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Peter Paul Rubens movement Baroque
Counter-Reformation culturalImpact Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Jean-Baptiste Lully movement Baroque
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Charles Le Brun movement Baroque
Charles Le Brun artisticStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: French Baroque
San Ildefonso hasBuildingStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Munttoren architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Dutch Baroque
Sicilian Baroque partOf Baroque
this entity surface form: European Baroque
Sicilian Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Roman Baroque
Sicilian Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Spanish Baroque
Sicilian Baroque distinctFrom Baroque
this entity surface form: Roman Baroque
Francesco Borromini movement Baroque
Francesco Borromini influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Francesco Borromini style Baroque
this entity surface form: Roman Baroque
Late Baroque partOf Baroque
Late Baroque follows Baroque
this entity surface form: High Baroque
Late Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: High Baroque
The Music Lesson artHistoricalRegion Baroque
this entity surface form: Dutch Baroque
Castle Howard architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Castle Howard era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Guarino Guarini movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Flemish Baroque hasInfluenceFrom Baroque
this entity surface form: Italian Baroque
Flemish Baroque hasInfluenceOn Baroque
this entity surface form: Northern Baroque
Flemish Baroque isPartOf Baroque
this entity surface form: European Baroque
George Frideric Handel partOf Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Jacob van Campen movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Arcangelo Corelli movement Baroque
Arcangelo Corelli genre Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque music
Arcangelo Corelli era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Colonial Baroque hasMainType Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Colonial Baroque hasMainType Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Colonial Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: European Baroque
Colonial Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Portuguese Baroque
Castel Sant'Angelo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Johannes van der Meer movement Baroque
subject surface form: Johannes Vermeer
Palazzo Chigi architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rococo architecture follows Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rococo architecture influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: French Baroque architecture
Northern Renaissance influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Celle Castle significantPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Domenico Trezzini architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
High Renaissance hasInfluenceOn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
French Renaissance followedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: French Baroque
1712 Stradivarius cello "Davidov" (formerly used) historicalPeriod Baroque
subject surface form: 1712 Stradivarius cello "Davidov"
this entity surface form: Baroque era