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 Central European Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Dutch Baroque
linked to: Dutch Golden Age

English Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Flemish Baroque
French Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Italian Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Portuguese Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Spanish Baroque
linked to: 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
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn
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 Churrigueresque
linked to: Baroque

Colonial Baroque
High Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Late Baroque
Sicilian Baroque
hasTheme light and shadow contrast
movement and energy
religious drama
theatricality
hasTimePeriod 17th century
early 18th century
influencedBy Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Counter-Reformation
absolutist courts
precedes Classical period
Rococo
linked to: Rococo architecture
usesTechnique chiaroscuro
dramatic perspective
illusionistic ceiling painting
quadratura
tenebrism

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Rembrandt van Rijn movement Baroque
Beaux-Arts influencedBy Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Johannes Vermeer movement Baroque
St. Peter's Basilica architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Neoclassical architecture follows Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
John Vanbrugh movement English Baroque
linked to: Baroque
John Vanbrugh style Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Great Court architecturalStyle English Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasMovement Italian Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasMovement Spanish Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasMovement French Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasMovement English Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasMovement Central European Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasMovement Portuguese Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasSubstyle High Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Baroque hasSubstyle Churrigueresque
linked to: Baroque
The Jewish Bride movement Baroque
Spanish Colonial Revival influencedBy Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Nicholas Hawksmoor movement English Baroque
linked to: Baroque
Nicholas Hawksmoor architecturalStyle English Baroque
linked to: Baroque
The Geographer movement Baroque
Caravaggio movement Baroque
The Little Street movement Baroque
Ferdinand Bol movement Baroque
Herrenhausen Palace architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Carlo Maderno movement Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Carlo Maderno movement Early Baroque
linked to: Baroque
The Lacemaker artStyle Baroque
Pieter Lastman era Baroque era
linked to: Baroque
Michelangelo influenced Baroque art
linked to: Baroque
Carel Fabritius movement Baroque
Gian Lorenzo Bernini influenced Roman Baroque sculpture
linked to: Baroque
Gian Lorenzo Bernini influenced European Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Pope Urban VIII era Baroque period
linked to: Baroque
Grimsthorpe Castle (remodelling) architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque
Nicolas Poussin movement Baroque
Joost van den Vondel movement Baroque literature
linked to: Baroque
Christian iconography influencedBy Baroque art
linked to: Baroque
Western canon of art includesPeriod Baroque art
linked to: Baroque
Infant John the Baptist artHistoricalPeriodOfFrequentDepiction Baroque
subject linked to: infant John the Baptist
Belém Palace architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque