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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Archbishop’s Palace of Braga architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Château de Haroué (collaboration and interior works) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Old Town of Radom architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Royal Museums of Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Scala delle Forbici architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Throne Room architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Throne Room (Royal Palace of Turin)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Paul’s Church, Diu architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Daniel Gran movement Baroque
Bismarck family manor (Schloss Schönhausen) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Saint John the Baptist architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of San Giorgio architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Gerard Seghers movement Baroque
Archbishop’s Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Archbishop’s Palace (Veszprém)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Parroquia de la Asunción architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria in Campitelli architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Muti Papazzurri architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Albani (works in Rome) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Albani (Rome)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cappella Cesi in Santa Maria della Pace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Salvator Rosa movement Baroque
Sliding Hill Pavilion architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Padua Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Auersperg Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Stadtpfarrkirche Wels architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Collégiale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Tende architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Peter III Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Sebastián, Madrid architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Union Square (Piața Unirii) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Archbishop’s Palace of Sucre architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Red Monastery (English translation) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Red Monastery
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sheremetev Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Godfrey Kneller movement Baroque
Schomberg House architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Trinity Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nicolaes Willingh movement Baroque
Ljubljana Town Hall architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
François Girardon movement Baroque
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Sant’Andrea delle Fratte
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Antonio Contino architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Bridge of Sighs
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Andrea Pozzo movement Baroque
Manuel Machuca y Vargas architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Joos de Momper movement Baroque