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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Joseph Wright of Derby paintings influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque chiaroscuro tradition
Oslo Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant'Agnese in Agone architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Sant'Agnese in Agone artStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
historic centre of Madrid architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Almagro, Ciudad Real, Crown of Castile architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
The Bull movement Baroque
Francesco Cavalli movement Baroque
Aldobrandini historicalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Handel Messiah period Baroque
subject surface form: Messiah
Las Hilanderas movement Baroque
Christ Crucified movement Baroque
Rokeby Venus movement Baroque
“Saint Catherine of Alexandria” by Caravaggio movement Baroque
subject surface form: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Caravaggio)
Villa del Poggio Imperiale (nearby) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Villa del Poggio Imperiale
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palacio de Gobierno de Jalisco architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carolinum architecturalStyle Baroque
Pierre Beauchamp era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palace Square, Saint Petersburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Francesco Geminiani movement Baroque
historic center of Guadalajara architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Historic Center of Guadalajara
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Litta family architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Litta
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Charlottenburg Palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Carlo Fontana movement Baroque
Francesco Castelli movement Baroque
Historic Centre of Zacatecas architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Windsor Guildhall, Windsor, England architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Windsor Guildhall
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Louis Le Vau movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pietro Bracci movement Baroque
Iglesia de San Nicolás el Real (Guadalajara) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palais Lascaris architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palais Lascaris architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Italianate Baroque
Chapelle de la Miséricorde architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Frans Snyders movement Baroque