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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Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Het Loo Palace
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Death of the Virgin movement Baroque
Round Tower architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saskia as Flora movement Baroque
Innere Stadt hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Louis Laguerre movement Baroque
Ruse hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pieter de Hooch movement Baroque
Artemisia artisticStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Artemisia (painting by Ferdinand Bol)
F. Bol usedInArtMovement Baroque
Palazzo Madama architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Madama historicalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg City architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Duke of Guastalla usedDuring Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Hyacinthe Rigaud movement Baroque
Meissen hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Grand Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Grand Palace (Peterhof)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Hermitage Pavilion architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Biblioteca Joanina architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Portuguese Baroque
Pierre Puget movement Baroque
Karel Dujardin movement Baroque
Niccolò Michetti movement Baroque
Niccolò Michetti style Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Charles Coypel movement Baroque
Jean Jouvenet movement Baroque
Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Sant’Andrea della Valle
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Antoine Coysevox movement Baroque
Pierre Mignard movement Baroque
Gerard ter Borch movement Baroque
Palacio de Gobierno architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palacio de Gobierno del Perú
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jan van Goyen artisticPeriod Baroque
Jean Raoux movement Baroque
Spišská Kapitula architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Anthony van Dyck movement Baroque