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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Fountain Court architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Fountain Court era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Helena Fourment movement Baroque
Noto knownFor Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (lantern) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
La stravaganza period Baroque
Il Prete Rosso era Baroque
subject surface form: Antonio Vivaldi
Cortile d'Onore architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Charlottenlund Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Lorenzo, Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Theatine church in Paris (Sainte-Anne-la-Royale, demolished) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Theatine church in Paris (Sainte-Anne-la-Royale)
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Filippo Neri, Casale Monferrato architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
San Vincenzo, Modena architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Architettura Civile mainSubject Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Architettura Civile movement Baroque
Architettura Civile period Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Euclides adauctus et methodicus historicalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Euclides adauctus et methodicus associatedWith Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
David by Gian Lorenzo Bernini movement Baroque
subject surface form: David (Bernini)
Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Madonna dei Palafrenieri) by Caravaggio movement Baroque
subject surface form: Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Madonna dei Palafrenieri)
The Hunt of Diana by Domenichino movement Baroque
subject surface form: The Hunt of Diana
The Hunt of Diana by Domenichino artHistoricalContext Baroque
subject surface form: The Hunt of Diana
this entity surface form: Roman Baroque
Nicola Salvi movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
rescuing Andromeda isDepictedIn Baroque
subject surface form: Rescuing Andromeda
this entity surface form: BaroquePainting
Water Music genre Baroque
Giulio Cesare stylePeriod Baroque
George Frideric Handel’s oratorio "Belshazzar" period Baroque
subject surface form: Belshazzar
Rembrandt’s painting "Belshazzar’s Feast" movement Baroque
subject surface form: Belshazzar’s Feast
Savigliano hasHeritage Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco, Syracuse architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Neapolitan Baroque partOf Baroque
Jai Vilas Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Serse period Baroque
Serse musicalEra Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
André Campra movement Baroque
cathedrals of the Church of England architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Beatriz Milhazes influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque decorative arts
Corelli era Baroque
subject surface form: Arcangelo Corelli
Guido Reni movement Baroque
Santa Maria della Divina Provvidenza, Lisbon hasCulturalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Dutch Classicism contrastsWith Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Robert de Cotte movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Andean Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: European Baroque