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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Mir Castle Complex architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mateus Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Certosa di Padula architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Racconigi Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Royal Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Royal Castle in Warsaw
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Camillo Rusconi movement Baroque
The Fortune Teller movement Baroque
Jacques Callot movement Baroque
Wenceslaus Hollar movement Baroque
Callot movement Baroque
Church of San Filippo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
G. de La Tour movement Baroque
subject surface form: Georges de La Tour
Włodawa synagogue complex architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Oratorio de San Felipe Neri architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Płock Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Silberzeile (row of baroque houses) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Silberzeile
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Franciscan monastery in Wejherowo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sønderborg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Engelberg Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carmelite convent of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Tranekær Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Erbach Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Francesco Mancini movement Baroque
Poor Clares Monastery in Stary Sącz architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Aveiro Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Brixen architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Giuseppe Sammartini movement Baroque
Baroque Churches of the Philippines architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Saint Gothard architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Konstanz Minster architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Return of the Prodigal Son movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Return of the Prodigal Son (Guercino)
The Flagellation of Christ movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Flagellation of Christ (Guercino)
Church of Santissimo Salvatore, Bologna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bolongaro Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Saint Valentine architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of Saint Valentine (Příbor)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Dominican Basilica of St. Stanislaus architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Piarist Church of the Assumption architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Klosterneuburg Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture