Colonial Baroque

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Colonial Baroque is a regional form of Baroque art and architecture that developed in European colonies, especially in Latin America, blending European Baroque aesthetics with local materials, traditions, and indigenous influences.

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Generate an image of Colonial Baroque (Colonial Baroque is a regional form of Baroque art and architecture that developed in European colonies, especially in Latin America, blending European Baroque aesthetics with local materials, traditions, and indigenous influences.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
art style ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
blendsWith indigenous motifs ⓘ
local craft traditions ⓘ
developedDuring 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
developedIn Brazil ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
Portuguese America ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
developedInContextOf European colonialism ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex altarpieces ⓘ
dramatic contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
dynamic facades ⓘ
integration of architecture and sculpture ⓘ
ornate decoration ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ
rich sculptural programs ⓘ
syncretic symbolism ⓘ
use of gilding ⓘ
use of polychrome decoration ⓘ
hasMainType Baroque architecture ⓘ
linked to: Baroque

Baroque art ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
hasRegionalVariant Andean Baroque ⓘ
Brazilian Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque

Churrigueresque in the Americas ⓘ
Mexican Baroque ⓘ
influencedBy Catholic Counter-Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

European Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Baroque

Portuguese Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Baroque

Spanish Baroque ⓘ
indigenous artistic traditions ⓘ
local materials ⓘ
purpose Christianization of indigenous populations ⓘ
expression of colonial power ⓘ
religious propaganda ⓘ
subclassOf Baroque ⓘ
regional Baroque ⓘ
typicalBuildingType cathedrals ⓘ
churches ⓘ
civic buildings ⓘ
missions ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
usesMaterial gold leaf ⓘ
local stone ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
wood ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baroque → hasSubstyle → Colonial Baroque ⓘ
Colonial Baroque → hasRegionalVariant → Brazilian Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City → architecturalStyle → Spanish Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
La Compañía de Jesús Church → architecturalStyle → Latin American Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
lo real maravilloso americano → associatedWith → Latin American baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Andean Baroque → relatedTo → Latin American Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Havana Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Cuban Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Miagao Church → architecturalStyle → Fortress Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Quito School of Art → relatedTo → Latin American Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Italian Baroque → hasInfluenceOn → Latin American Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Spanish Baroque → influenced → Latin American Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque
Nicolás Javier de Goríbar → artStyle → colonial Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Baroque