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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Princesses' Palace (Prinzessinnenpalais) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Commandant's Headquarters architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Rape of Proserpina
Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit movement Baroque
subject surface form: Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Collegiate Church of St. Sebastian architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Igreja e Convento de São Francisco architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Casa de la Villa architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Christian churches architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Alfieri architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic center of San Ildefonso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Weihenstephan Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" movement Baroque
subject surface form: A Dance to the Music of Time
St. Florian Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint-Sauveur Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Place d’Albertas architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Krk Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Mazzetti architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carlo Maratta movement Baroque
Cathedral of Santarém architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Benedetto, Catania architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Arch of San Benedetto architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Carlino architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Spada courtyard architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Scuderie del Quirinale architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Charlottenlund Slot architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sainte-Anne-la-Royale architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Theatine church in Paris architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Chiesa di San Vincenzo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Matteo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Reale complex architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Belvedere architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Madonna and Child with St. Anne movement Baroque
subject surface form: Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Caravaggio)
Igreja de Santo António architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Ducezio architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Santa Maria La Nova architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj (Rome) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Fortune Teller by Caravaggio movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Fortune Teller
Church of San Bartolomeo architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of San Bartolomeo (Scicli)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Antonio Caldara movement Baroque