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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parish church of St. Peter and Paul architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Parish church of St. Peter and Paul (Mittenwald)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Virgin of Quito movement Baroque
St. Catherine’s Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Giulio Strozzi movement Baroque
Église Saint-Roch architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sé de Braga architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Altshausen Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Osma Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cathedral of Santa María de la Asunción, El Burgo de Osma architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rosary Chapel architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Rosary Chapel (Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Coyoacán parish church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pula Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Menkemaborg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sapieha family residence architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Escuela Quiteña movement Baroque
Basilica of St. Lorenz architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Residenz Kempten architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Upper Town architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Upper Town (Sibiu)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palacio de la Inquisición architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Reis Magos Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
New Castle (Neues Schloss) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Crotone Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sicilian Regional Assembly building architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Maria-Hilf-Berg church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Roskilde Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ismael Mengs movement Baroque
Dying Achilles movement Baroque
Saint Philippe movement Baroque
Saint André movement Baroque
Saint Jean movement Baroque
Saint Pierre movement Baroque
subject surface form: Saint Pierre (sculpture)
Michael Wise movement Baroque
Mazzarino architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rosolini architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Weimar Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Metten Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Metten Abbey architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Metten Abbey library
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ducal residences of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jaro Belfry (Campanario de Jaro) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Jaro Belfry
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Santiago Apóstol architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Caravaggio’s "The Cardsharps" movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Cardsharps
Velázquez’s "Portrait of Francisco de Miranda" movement Baroque
subject surface form: Portrait of Francisco de Miranda