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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Dirck van Mierevelt movement Baroque
Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Laurent Jouvenet movement Baroque
Simon Vouet movement Baroque
Syracuse Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Santa Maria del Sasso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
François de Troy movement Baroque
Estrela Basilica architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Patriarcale architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Classicism contrastsWith Baroque
Udine Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Spanish missions in Texas architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Trapani Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nicolas Coustou movement Baroque
Spanish Steps architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Chapel of the Princes architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Guillaume Coustou movement Baroque
San Lorenzo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Monastery of San Martiño Pinario era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Church of Nossa Senhora da Mercês, Lisbon architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
White Swan era Baroque
subject surface form: Kaunas Town Hall
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Aert de Gelder movement Baroque
Kaunas Old Town architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Biebrich Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Portuguese Renaissance followedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Portuguese Baroque
Marly Horses movement Baroque
Praza da Quintana hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Igreja do Carmo architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Igreja do Carmo (Faro)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Christ fallen under the Cross artHistoricalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque Christian art
Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Western symphony orchestra historicalOriginPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Vecrīga architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Peter's Church, Riga architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Agostino Tassi movement Baroque
Granada historic center dominantArchitecturalStyles Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Skofja Loka hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Škofja Loka
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Archbishop's Palace of Milan architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Łowicz cathedralStyle Baroque