Baroque
Dramatic European period
Baroque is the European artistic and architectural style that flourished from roughly 1600 to 1750, characterized by elaborate ornamentation, dramatic contrasts, and emotional intensity.
Baroque music includes composers like Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
Baroque architecture features curved facades, gilded interiors, and theatrical grandeur: St. Peter's Basilica exemplifies Baroque design. (Lowercase baroque means ornate or excessively elaborate in general use.)
German composer surname
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- VivaldiBaroque composer from Venice
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
cantata · oratorio · concerto · counterpoint · toccata · suite · sonata · Monteverdi
Deceptive outward appearance
- cupolaSmall rooftop dome
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- colonnadeRow supporting a roof
- pilasterShallow wall-mounted column
balustrade · volutes · pediment · cornice · entablature · apse · nave · altarpiece
Renaissance-era Italian painter
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- VelázquezLas Meninas painter
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
oil painting · canvas · dramatic · dynamic · theatrical · allegory · trompe l'oeil · illusionism
Church's internal reform movement
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- BourbonFrench ruling family
Louis XIV · Thirty Years' War · Peace of Westphalia · scientific revolution · Galileo · Descartes · seventeenth century · Dutch Golden Age
Elaborately decorated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- decorativeServing to beautify
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
scrollwork · flourish · embellishment · filigree · acanthus · curlicue · festoon · swag
Baroque English verse master
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- witClever, inventive humor
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
allegory · epic · Paradise Lost · rhetoric · oratory · sermon · devotional · meditation
Bach
German composer surname
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- VivaldiBaroque composer from Venice
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
fugue · cantata · oratorio · concerto · counterpoint · toccata · suite · sonata · Monteverdi · Purcell
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
pilaster · balustrade · volutes · pediment · cornice · entablature · apse · nave · altarpiece · stucco
Caravaggio
Renaissance-era Italian painter
chiaroscuro · oil painting · canvas · dramatic · dynamic · theatrical · allegory · trompe l'oeil · illusionism · portraiture
Counter-Reformation
Church's internal reform movement
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
Louis XIV · Bourbon · Thirty Years' War · Peace of Westphalia · scientific revolution · Galileo · Descartes · seventeenth century · Dutch Golden Age · 17th century
ornate
Elaborately decorated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- decorativeServing to beautify
gilded · scrollwork · flourish · embellishment · filigree · acanthus · curlicue · festoon · swag · garland
Milton
Baroque English verse master
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- witClever, inventive humor
emblem · allegory · epic · Paradise Lost · rhetoric · oratory · sermon · devotional · meditation · Herbert
- art movementsPop Art, pop art, Impressionism, impressionism, Surrealism
- Music PeriodsMedieval, Renaissance, Contemporary, Expressionist
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
Baroqueminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
minimalism · austere · simple · plain · spare
BaroqueBauhaus
Influential modernist design school
modernism · Modernism · International Style · mid-century modern · Japanese minimalism
Baroquerestrained
Held under control
subdued · understated · measured · controlled · cool
- Baroque periodSeventeenth-century ornate movement
- baroque musicHighly embellished musical style
- baroque artElaborate post-Renaissance aesthetic movement
- baroque popOrchestral-infused pop genre
- Baroque eraOrnate artistic period, 1600-1750
- baroque architectureOrnate, dramatic building style