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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Neptune Fountain hasStylePeriod Baroque
subject surface form: Neptune Fountain (Prešov)
this entity surface form: Baroque period
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew movement Baroque
subject surface form: Jean Restout the Younger
The Resurrection movement Baroque
Allegory of Justice movement Baroque
Allegory of Charity period Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Ex Convento del Desierto de los Leones architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Serliana isUsedInStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Deutschordensschloss Bad Mergentheim architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint Catherine’s Church, Saint Petersburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne movement Baroque
subject surface form: Apollo and Daphne
Kaunas Cathedral Basilica architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Crucifixion movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Crucifixion (Jean Restout)
Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nicolaes Maes associatedWith Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Marquis of Torre Tagle architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Casa de Torre Tagle
dove with olive branch (Pamphilj emblem) periodOfProminence Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
dove with olive branch (Pamphilj emblem) category Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque iconography
Evangelische Stadtkirche Lennep architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Scipione Borghese era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
statue of Constantine the Great movement Baroque
subject surface form: Statue of Constantine the Great
Royal Staircase architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Portico of St. Peter's Basilica architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Resurrection Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Evert van Aelst movement Baroque
Pieter van Laer movement Baroque
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Suzanne au bain movement Baroque
Claude Gellée movement Baroque
Aeneas at Delos movement Baroque
Liber Veritatis movement Baroque
Palazzo Corsini architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Johann Pachelbel (studied in Erfurt environment; associated historically) movement Baroque
subject surface form: Johann Pachelbel
Santa Maria della Pace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture