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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Queluz, Portugal architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palace of Queluz
The Four Seasons movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Four Seasons (Poussin)
The Dancing Couple hasStyle Baroque
The Drawing Lesson period Baroque
Pietro Bernini movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Early Baroque
St. Michaelis-Kirche (German) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: St. Michaelis-Kirche (Fürth)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Necessidades Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Garden of Love movement Baroque
The Three Graces movement Baroque
Samson and Delilah movement Baroque
The Lion Hunt movement Baroque
Lunéville architecturalStylePresent Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Riga Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Abraham Bloemaert movement Baroque
Garrison Church, Potsdam architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Murillo movement Baroque
Potsdam City Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
La Granja de San Ildefonso architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Atys period Baroque
Salle des Machines architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Caterina Tezio movement Baroque
subject surface form: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Armide musicalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Armide composerStylePeriod Baroque
Miserere associatedPeriod Baroque
subject surface form: Miserere (Lully)
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Filippo Juvarra movement Baroque
Oostkerk architecturalStyle Baroque
The Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Supper at Emmaus
Giovanni Battista Sacchetti genre Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
James Gibbs movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cardinal Scipione Borghese era Baroque
subject surface form: Scipione Borghese
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni movement Baroque
subject surface form: Pietro Ottoboni
Chigi family architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Chigi
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Ribera movement Baroque
Inveraray Castle architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (stolen) movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Concert
A Lady and Gentleman in Black by Rembrandt (stolen) artPeriod Baroque
subject surface form: A Lady and Gentleman in Black