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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Noto Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Matthäus-Passion movement Baroque
Villa Pamphilj (Rome) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Piazza Pola architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Spanish palacio architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Juan de la Peña Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Penha (Recife) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Convento de Santo Antônio (Recife) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d’Aix-en-Provence architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Bonelli-Patanè architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of St. Joseph in Kalisz architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Tvrđa architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Val di Noto Baroque ensemble architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Scicli historic center architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Neue Residenz architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Altes Rathaus (Bamberg)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Spada architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Aurora movement Baroque
subject surface form: Aurora (Guido Reni)
The Rape of Europa movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Rape of Europa (Guido Reni)
Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Convent of São Francisco architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Michaelsberg Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Iglesia de la Purísima architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of San Cataldo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Tegucigalpa Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palais Mazarin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Collège Mazarin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Francisco Church and Convent architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abbey of La Cambre architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jasna Góra Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic center of Catania architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Santa Cristina, Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
church of Saint-Bruno des Chartreux, Lyon (work on choir and chapels) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of Saint-Bruno des Chartreux
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Spinners movement Baroque
Los borrachos movement Baroque
The Drunks movement Baroque
The Topers movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Triumph of Bacchus
The Topers movement Baroque
La Venus del espejo movement Baroque