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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Dubrovnik Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Beguinage of Mechelen architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Igreja de Santa Luzia architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
El Pardo Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Confirmation (painting by Nicolas Poussin) movement Baroque
subject surface form: Confirmation (painting)
Princely Palace of Transylvania architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Machado de Castro movement Baroque
Ostrów Tumski architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Ostrów Tumski (Wrocław)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Esterházy Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carracci movement Baroque
subject surface form: Carracci family
Ludovico Carracci movement Baroque
Isola Bella Palace and Gardens architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Stephen's Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: St. Stephen's Cathedral (Hvar)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Agostino Carracci movement Baroque
Pillnitz Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rieti Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Moritzburg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Portrait of a Man movement Baroque
Judith Leyster movement Baroque
Jesuit College of Porrentruy architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
painting "The Death of Dido" by Guercino movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Death of Dido
Perast architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Guadeloupe de Basse-Terre architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Teatro di Corte, Royal Palace of Caserta architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Innsbruck Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Belvedere Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Belvedere Palace (Weimar)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Autumn (Poussin) movement Baroque
Pavia Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Henry Bell architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Winter (Poussin) movement Baroque
Guildhall, Worcester architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Three Brothers (Riga) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Alcobaça Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Le Strade Nuove architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Bianco architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic centre of Genoa architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Rosso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture