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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historic center of Nancy architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Council House architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Council House (Brașov)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Angra do Heroísmo historic city core architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santo Paolo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santo Paolo architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Santa Maria della Vittoria
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Bernardo alle Terme architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Cumaean Sibyl movement Baroque
portrait of Nicolas de Largillière movement Baroque
subject surface form: Portrait of Nicolas de Largillière
Sighișoara Citadel architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Clerecía of Salamanca architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Höchstädt Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Gesù Nuovo (Naples) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Gesù Nuovo
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Certosa di San Martino (Naples) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Certosa di San Martino
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo dei Chierici architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of San Lorenzo, Milan architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Royal Chapel of Aranjuez architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Town Hall of Catania architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Via Vittorio Emanuele II architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abbey of Forest architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
nave of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
François Perrier movement Baroque
Hôtel de Ville de Marseille architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ercole Ferrata movement Baroque
Antonio Raggi movement Baroque
Lazzaro Morelli movement Baroque
Armeria Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Blankenburg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Kilian movement Baroque
subject surface form: Wolfgang Kilian
Savona Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schloss Bruchsal architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schloss Werneck architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saint Nicholas Church architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Saint Nicholas Church (Brașov)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Domenico Zampieri movement Baroque
Lucas de Wael movement Baroque