"The Baroque (UK: , US: ; French: [baʁɔk]) or Baroquism is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s."
Art characterized by dramatic themes and elaborate ornamentation, developed in Europe during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
"It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as 'late Baroque') and Neoclassical styles."
"It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well."
"The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Poland."
"By the 1730s, it had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and Central Europe until the mid to late 18th century."
"The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe."
"The departure from Renaissance classicism has its own ways in each country. But a general feature is that everywhere the starting point is the ornamental elements introduced by the Renaissance. The classical repertoire is crowded, dense, overlapping, loaded, in order to provoke shock effects."
"New motifs introduced by Baroque are: the cartouche, trophies and weapons, baskets of fruit or flowers, and others, made in marquetry, stucco, or carved."
"In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires including the Iberian Peninsula, it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century."
"The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe, departing from Renaissance classicism."
"It spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Poland."
"The Baroque style employed contrast, movement, and exuberant detail to achieve a sense of awe in architecture."
"It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music."
"By the 1730s, the Baroque style had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and Central Europe until the mid to late 18th century."
"In the decorative arts, the style employs plentiful and intricate ornamentation."
"But a general feature is that everywhere the starting point is the ornamental elements introduced by the Renaissance."
"New motifs introduced by Baroque are made in marquetry, stucco, or carved."
"The classical repertoire is crowded, dense, overlapping, loaded, in order to provoke shock effects."
"In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires including the Iberian Peninsula, it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century."
"Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well."