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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Palazzo Spinola Pessagno architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Domenico Scarlatti movement Baroque
St. Peter’s Abbey, Salzburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint Mary Major architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Gottorf Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abbey of Saint Gall architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Salzburg Residenz architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Francesco Albani movement Baroque
Cornelis Schut movement Baroque
Palazzo Balbi Senarega architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Leiria architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santino Solari movement Baroque
Monatsschlössl architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Brignole Sale architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Sauli Pallavicino architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint Matthew architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint-Jacques church of Lunéville architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Royal Site of Riofrío Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Las Tres Gracias movement Baroque
Gaspard de Crayer movement Baroque
Capuchin Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria della Salute architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Yanahuara Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Necessidades architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Venaria Reale architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Reggia di Venaria Reale
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ptuj Dominican Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Self-Portrait movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Self-Portrait (Abraham Bloemaert)
The Allegory of War movement Baroque