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 Fava architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Certosa di Trisulti architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
grand salon architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Grand Salon of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Bonaparte architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Marcello al Corso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria in Via Lata architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Pölten Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
La Merced Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Mexico City Cathedral
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Sant'Agostino architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of Sant'Agostino (Modena)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Augarten Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cervia Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cavalli movement Baroque
subject surface form: Francesco Cavalli
Ormindo movement Baroque
Il Xerse movement Baroque
Villa Aldobrandini architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Emmeram's Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Thurn und Taxis Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Gerrit Dow movement Baroque
Ravenna Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Good Shepherd movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Good Shepherd (Murillo)
Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Juan de Villarroel movement Baroque
Cathedral of Cortona architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Michael's Church, Vienna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Odescalchi in Piazza Santi Apostoli architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palacio de Medina Sidonia architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
La Rosaura movement Baroque
La Statira movement Baroque
Collegiata di Santo Stefano (Bracciano) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Georgenkirche (St. George’s Church) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Arte de la pintura movement Baroque
Mannheim Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Parish church of Mare de Déu dels Àngels architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Casa-Palacio de los Marqueses de Recaño architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Stadtschloss Eisenach architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Prado architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Ignacio Miní architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture