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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Cathedral of Santiago architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Oviedo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Archbishop’s Palace in Olomouc architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Horní náměstí architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bosehaus architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Balestra architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Monastery of Saint Benedict of Health architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mainz Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sé de Faro architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Faro architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Oaxaca City historic center architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Residenz palace complex architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Our Lady architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of Our Lady (Dresden)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Reggio Emilia Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Aalborg Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Giovanni Antonio movement Baroque
subject surface form: Giovanni Antonio Canal
Luca Carlevarijs movement Baroque
Basilica della Ghiara architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Paul de Vos movement Baroque
Palazzo Donn’Anna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of Saint Paul the Major, Naples architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Theatine Church of St. Cajetan architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sandomierz Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Ignacio de Loyola Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sacri Monti di Ossuccio architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Soccorso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Opernhaus am Brühl architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Johann Pachelbel movement Baroque
Michel Anguier movement Baroque
Holy Cross Church in Warsaw architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cárcel de Corte (current Palacio de Santa Cruz, Madrid) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Cárcel de Corte
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Colegio Imperial (Real Colegio de San Isidro), Madrid architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Colegio Imperial (Real Colegio de San Isidro)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Iglesia de San Andrés, Madrid (attributed) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Iglesia de San Andrés, Madrid
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Perseus and Andromeda by Peter Paul Rubens movement Baroque
subject surface form: Perseus and Andromeda (Rubens)
The Rainbow Landscape by Peter Paul Rubens movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Rainbow Landscape
Gianantonio Guardi movement Baroque
Český Krumlov Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Templo de San Francisco (San Luis Potosí) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Baroque residential palace of Waldeck-Pyrmont architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
François Couperin movement Baroque
Bavarian palaces ensemble architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lustheim Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Marienmünster Dießen architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Évora Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Marienmünster basilica architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture