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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Heythrop architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Heythrop Park
Lamentation of Christ popularIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Claude Lorrain movement Baroque
Baroque Revival inspiredBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Buonconsiglio Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Amalfi Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
judgment of Paris popularIn Baroque
subject surface form: Judgment of Paris
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Borghese periodOfProminence Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Mannerism followedBy Baroque
Mannerism influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Barberini bees usedIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Barberini bees usedIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Antoine Coypel movement Baroque
Jan Lievens movement Baroque
Salzburg Cathedral Square hasHistoricalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Oudenarde hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Victoria de Durango architecturalStylePresent Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of Our Lady before Týn hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Adam Elsheimer movement Baroque
Annibale Carracci movement Baroque
Maffeo Barberini era Baroque
The Rape of the Sabine Women movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin)
Et in Arcadia ego movement Baroque
The Triumph of Pan movement Baroque
Palermo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Adoration of the Magi commonIn Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Königsberg Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Las Meninas movement Baroque
Mirabell Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Rastatt knownFor Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ulriksdal Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Meindert Hobbema movement Baroque
Palamedes literaryPeriod Baroque
The Merry Drinker movement Baroque
Malle Babbe movement Baroque