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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Temple of Santa Rosa de Viterbo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Velvet Brueghel movement Baroque
subject surface form: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Grimbergen Basilica of Saint Servatius architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
El Pópulo neighborhood architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: El Pópulo
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Munster Unserer Lieben Frau architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Münster Unserer Lieben Frau
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Piazza del Popolo, Rome (works) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Piazza del Popolo, Rome
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria in Montesanto, Piazza del Popolo, Rome (works) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Santa Maria in Montesanto
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lietzenburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Façade of San Clemente, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Old Palace (Charlottenburg)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Façade of Santi Apostoli, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi (work on the church) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hôtel Lambert architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Convento de la Piedad architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
former church of St John the Evangelist, Smith Square architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Town Innsbruck architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hôtel Lauzun architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cook with Food movement Baroque
Jan Boeckhorst movement Baroque
Stams Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Louka Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Sebastiano architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of San Sebastiano (Palazzolo Acreide)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of San Giuliano architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Tihany Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Église des Jésuites de Molsheim architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle (Frascati) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Villa Falconieri architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Villa Torlonia (Frascati) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Our Lady Victorious architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Viennese court theatres architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Orangery Fulda architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Crucifixion movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Crucifixion (Zurbarán)
Saint Serapion movement Baroque
Schaffgotsch Palace in Cieplice architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mirow Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Johanniterkirche Mirow architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
3 Queens Palace (3-Königinnen-Palais) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: 3 Queens Palace
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Arco da Porta Nova architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture