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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Theatinerkirche architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Casón del Buen Retiro architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Fredensborg Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Stockalper Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Collegiate Church of Brig architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Claude Gelée movement Baroque
Palacio de Gobierno de Michoacán architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Firewatch Tower architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Fabricius House architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Roudnice nad Labem Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Visitation by Rembrandt movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Visitation
Salzburg’s baroque ensemble of court buildings architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
DomQuartier Salzburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Royal Ducal Theatre architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Orazio Borgianni movement Baroque
Coustou movement Baroque
subject surface form: Guillaume Coustou the Elder
Girolamo Rainaldi movement Baroque
Jan Davidsz de Heem movement Baroque
Cardinal Camillo Pamphilj movement Baroque
subject surface form: Camillo Pamphilj
Temple Bar architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Chihuahua architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Riga architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schloss Salem architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint Tryphon architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Náchod Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Giuseppe Tartini movement Baroque
St. George's Parish Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ronde Lutherse Kerk (Koepelkerk) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Ronde Lutherse Kerk
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sanctuary of Loyola architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Josefsplatz architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Bean Eater movement Baroque
Pietà with Saints movement Baroque
Domine, Quo Vadis? movement Baroque
The Butcher's Shop movement Baroque