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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St Mary’s Church, Birkirkara architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Parish Church of St Catherine architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Basilica of Sant’Eustachio in Rome architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Vienna Boys Choir Augarten Palace residence architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carmelite Church (Karmeliterkirche) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Monastery of Santo André de Rendufe architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Santa Maria de Bouro architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Stefano della Bella movement Baroque
historic center of Banská Bystrica architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Adriaen Brouwer movement Baroque
Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Alter Dom architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Petersberg Citadel architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
José Almagro movement Baroque
Bartolomeo Biscaino movement Baroque
Gregorio Lazzarini movement Baroque
Bentlage Monastery architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Templo de San Francisco (Morelia) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Miguel de Santiago movement Baroque
Ludwigskirche architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Ludwigskirche (Saarbrücken)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Saarbrücken Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
St George’s Parish Church architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Lamberg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Portrait of a Young Woman (Girl with a Pearl Necklace) by Peter Paul Rubens movement Baroque
subject surface form: Portrait of a Young Woman (Girl with a Pearl Necklace)
David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio movement Baroque
subject surface form: David with the Head of Goliath