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 Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Quirin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Wiblingen Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Broumov architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Broumov Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Chlumec nad Cidlinou architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Karlova Koruna Chateau
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Police nad Metují) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Banz Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St. Mary’s Church, Weißenfels architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant'Apollinare, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jacob de Wit movement Baroque
Santa Iglesia Catedral de Santa María architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Magistral Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
UNESCO World Heritage Site component architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Auberge de Castille
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Auberge d’Italie architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Andrea Belli movement Baroque
Teatro Pubblico architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Auberge de Provence architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Villa Bologna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Barbara Strozzi movement Baroque
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Panaji architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jacopo Vignali movement Baroque
Sanguszko Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Vincent Lübeck movement Baroque
Knight Academy in Legnica architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral Basilica of Salvador architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of St. Erasmus and St. Pancras architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of the Holy Cross (Jelenia Góra) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Kornhaus (granary) in Bern architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Collégiale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Nicolas de Briançon architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
cathedral church of the Diocese of Chioggia architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Chioggia
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Colonna architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Klagenfurt Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Żagań Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
church of San Paolo alla Regola architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Church of San Paolo alla Regola
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Santa Maria Immacolata a Via Veneto architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Nicola da Tolentino architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Concatedral de San Nicolás architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Santa María del Prado architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sé de Angra architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Eisenstadt Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Église Saint-Roch, Paris architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Upper Castle (Greiz) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lower Castle (Greiz) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Nancy historic center architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture