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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Jesuit Church Lucerne architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Veurne hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Caltagirone knownFor Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Schloss Ahlden architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Paul Scarron movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque literature
Petrine Baroque influencedBy Baroque
this entity surface form: Western European Baroque
Malá Strana hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Mirow hasArchitectureStyle Baroque
Correggio influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque art
Yusupov Palace on the Fontanka architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Fulda architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Celle ducal palace architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
French Garden (Französischer Garten) hasDesignPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Zurbarán movement Baroque
subject surface form: Francisco de Zurbarán
Entwurf einer historischen Architektur historicalPeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque era
Palazzo Reale, Turin architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Jusepe de Ribera movement Baroque
Ferdinando Fuga movement Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Church of the Holy Trinity (Dreifaltigkeitskirche), Salzburg architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Pope Clement X era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Jan Asselijn movement Baroque
French Baroque art movement Baroque
William Boyce movement Baroque
Antonio Stradivari stylePeriod Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Golden period of Stradivari associatedWith Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Charles Jervas movement Baroque
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy era Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque period
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Würzburg Residence architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Marienberg Fortress architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Würzburg Cathedral architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Karlberg Palace, Sweden architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Karlberg Palace
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Annunciation Church (Alexander Nevsky Lavra) architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Toledo architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Cornelis de Vos movement Baroque
Sümeg hasArchitectureStyle Baroque
Marie Mancini movement Baroque
Novo Mesto Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Nicholas) architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Novo Mesto Cathedral
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Theodoor Rombouts movement Baroque
Tykocin architecturalStyle Baroque
Hôtel de Sully architecturalStyle Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Palazzo Muti, Rome, Papal States architecturalStyle Baroque
subject surface form: Palazzo Muti
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture
Composite order influenced Baroque
this entity surface form: Baroque architecture