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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Jan van Bijlert movement Baroque
Kielce Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ca’ Rezzonico architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Chiesa Nuova architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Imperial Abbey of Corvey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hall of Mirrors architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity (La Granja) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carlo Saraceni movement Baroque
Riddarhuset (House of Nobility) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Riddarhuset
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Collegiata di Santa Maria Maddalena architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Willem Claesz Heda movement Baroque
Margravial Opera House architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Waldegg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
New Palace Bayreuth architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
French Cathedral (Französischer Dom) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: French Cathedral
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
German Cathedral (Deutscher Dom) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: German Cathedral
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
former Convent of Jesus architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of St. Peter and Paul architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Juvarra movement Baroque
subject surface form: Filippo Juvarra
Church of Santa Cristina, Turin (façade) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Filippo Neri, Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic center of Bologna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bückeburg Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Middelburg church towers architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Martini di Cigala, Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Martini di Cigala
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Sorbello architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Cisterna, Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Gallenga Stuart architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hendrick van Balen movement Baroque
Johann Jakob Zeiler movement Baroque
Balthasar Permoser movement Baroque
Crown Gate architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lo Spagnoletto movement Baroque
The Clubfoot movement Baroque
Apollo and Marsyas movement Baroque
The Bearded Woman movement Baroque
Habsburg Madrid architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Oristano Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture