Italian Baroque

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Italian Baroque is a highly ornate and dramatic artistic style that emerged in Italy in the late 16th century, characterized by dynamic movement, rich decoration, and emotional intensity in architecture, painting, and sculpture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
cultural period
aimsTo create a sense of awe
engage the viewer emotionally
promote Catholic doctrine
countryOfOrigin Italy
developedInCity Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Rome
Turin
Venice
endTime 18th century
followedBy Neoclassicism
Rococo
hasArtForm architecture
painting
sculpture
hasCharacteristic dramatic effects
dynamic movement
emotional intensity
grand scale
illusionism
ornate decoration
strong contrasts of light and shadow
theatricality
hasContext Counter-Reformation
hasGenre altarpiece
ceiling fresco
genre painting
history painting
portrait painting
religious art
still life
hasInfluenceOn Central European Baroque
French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque art

Latin American Baroque
linked to: Colonial Baroque

Spanish Baroque
hasKeyFigure Alessandro Algardi
Andrea Pozzo
Annibale Carracci
Artemisia Gentileschi
Baldassare Longhena
Bernardo Strozzi
Caravaggio
Carlo Fontana
Carlo Maderno
Carlo Maratta
Cosimo Fanzago
Domenichino
Filippo Juvarra
Francesco Borromini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Guarino Guarini
Guercino
Guido Reni
Luca Giordano
Ludovico Carracci
Mattia Preti
Pietro da Cortona
hasMovement Piedmontese Baroque
Roman Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Sicilian Baroque
hasNotableWork Ceiling frescoes of the Gesù (Triumph of the Name of Jesus)
Church of Santa Maria della Salute
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Gallery ceiling of the Palazzo Farnese
Royal Palace of Caserta
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
St. Peter's Square colonnade
The Calling of Saint Matthew
The Conversion of Saint Paul
hasPatron Catholic Church
Italian aristocracy
papacy
hasStyleElement broken pediments
chiaroscuro
curving forms
fresco quadratura
oval plans
solomonic columns
tenebrism
partOf Baroque
relatedTo Mannerism
Renaissance art
startTime late 16th century

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Bartolomeo Rastrelli influencedBy Italian Baroque
English Baroque influencedBy Italian Baroque
Palazzo Barberini stylePeriod Roman High Baroque
subject linked to: Palazzo Barberini, Rome
linked to: Italian Baroque
Death of the Virgin artisticMovement Italian Baroque
Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi) movement Italian Baroque
subject linked to: Medusa
Niccolò Michetti movement Italian Baroque
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa period Italian Baroque
Fontana del Tritone artMovement Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Tomb of Pope Urban VIII movement Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Apollo and Daphne artisticPeriod Italian Baroque
Cornaro Chapel hasArtisticMovement Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) movement Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Barberini bees associatedWith Italian Baroque
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane architecturalStyle Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (lantern) associatedWith Roman Baroque architecture
linked to: Italian Baroque
San Lorenzo, Turin hasStylePeriod Italian Baroque
Architettura Civile associatedWith Italian Baroque
David (Bernini) artisticPeriod Italian Baroque
subject linked to: David by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Neapolitan Baroque influencedBy Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Trio Sonatas Op. 4 associatedWith Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Piedmontese Baroque partOf Italian Baroque
Piedmontese Baroque influencedBy Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Caravaggio) period Italian Baroque
Francesco Geminiani style Italian Baroque
Giovanni Battista Contini style Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
St. Kajetan interiorStyle Italian High Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew hasArtisticMovement Italian Baroque
Churrigueresque influencedBy Italian Baroque
Agostino Barelli movement Italian Baroque
Agostino Barelli architecturalStyle Italian Baroque
Luca Giordano movement Italian Baroque
Carlo Dolci artisticMovement Italian Baroque
Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli style Italian Baroque
Enrico Zuccalli architecturalStyle Italian Baroque
Filippo Barigioni style Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Filippo Barigioni artisticMovement Italian Baroque
Narcissus by Caravaggio artStyle Italian Baroque
Contarelli Chapel hasStyle Italian Baroque
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew artisticMovement Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Giovanni Baglione influenced Roman Baroque painting
linked to: Italian Baroque
Prussian Baroque influencedBy Italian Baroque
Andrea Sacchi movement Roman Baroque
linked to: Italian Baroque
Giovanni Antonio Medrano culturalContext Italian Baroque