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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Pieter Snyers movement Baroque
Sebastiano Conca movement Baroque
Silvio Stampiglia movement Baroque
Carmelite Monastery, Budapest architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pesaro Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palacio del Marqués de Arcos architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palacio del Conde de Lombillo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Kiliansdom architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Andalusian culture architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Garden Hall architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Court Chapel architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Eutin Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Antwerp churches architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Simon de Vos movement Baroque
Farina-Haus architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of St Nicholas architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Badajoz Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Buonaccorsi architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Archbishop’s Palace in Wrocław architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rombouts movement Baroque
subject surface form: Theodoor Rombouts
The Lute Player movement Baroque
The Lute Player movement Baroque
subject surface form: Theodoor Rombouts
The Denial of Saint Peter movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Denial of Saint Peter (Rombouts)
The Concert movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Concert (Rombouts)
The Tooth Puller movement Baroque
The Merry Company movement Baroque
The Sense of Taste movement Baroque
The Sense of Sight movement Baroque
The Sense of Smell movement Baroque
The Drunken Peasants movement Baroque
subject surface form: Theodoor Rombouts
The Flute Player movement Baroque
The Violin Player movement Baroque
The Allegory of Vanity movement Baroque
subject surface form: Theodoor Rombouts
Locatelli movement Baroque
subject surface form: Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Carlo Rainaldi movement Baroque
Thomas Arne movement Baroque
Iglesia Mayor de San Pedro y San Pablo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Aleijadinho movement Baroque
Opera House Unter den Linden architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. John the Baptist Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Michaelerplatz, Vienna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Kroměříž Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lugo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Muxía Sanctuary of Virxe da Barca architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture