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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Teramo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carlo Cignani movement Baroque
Spanish royal sites network architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Colegio de San Ildefonso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sé de Viana do Castelo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Reale di Cagliari architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santa Maria Assunta church architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Santa Maria Assunta church (Riva del Garda)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
church of St Edmund, King and Martyr architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Cristoforo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jerez Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hôtel Salé architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hôtel de Saint-Aignan architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Residenz Ansbach architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Dreikönigskirche architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Dreikönigskirche (Dresden)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic center of Delft architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours church, Nancy architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
José Ribera movement Baroque
subject surface form: José de Ribera
Nitra Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St Gumbertus Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Bernardine monastery in Wieluń architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Kloster Ettal architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mentewab’s Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schlosskirche Ahrensburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jakob Prandtauer movement Baroque
The Finding of Moses movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Finding of Moses (Tiepolo)
The Last Supper movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Last Supper (Tiepolo)
The Holy Family movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Holy Family (Carlo Dolci)
Peckwater Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
historic centre of Murcia architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Łańcut Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Malmedy Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture