1.alsoBaroqueOf, relating to, or characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasizing dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts. ...
Baroque architecture, architectural style originating in late 16th-centuryItalyand lasting in some regions, notablyGermanyand colonialSouth America, until the 18th century. It had its origins in theCounter-Reformation, when the Catholic Church launched an overtly emotional and sensory appeal to the fait...
Baroque art and architecture, the visual arts and construction in Western art that roughly coincide with the 17th century. Though stylistically complex, even contradictory, the qualities frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous richn
Baroque architecturewas designed to create spectacle and illusion. Thus the straight lines of the Renaissance were replaced with flowing curves, while domes/roofs were enlarged, and interiors carefully constructed to produce spectacular effects of light and shade. It was an emotional style, which, wh...
Ornate detailing: In this style of architecture, the ceilings mosaics are typically vast in size. The use of decorations, stone, or marble finishes that give it aluxurious appearanceis typical in Baroque architecture. Conclusion. Live Enhancedcan tell by looking at baroque architecture that it play...
a style of architecture and decorative art that flourished throughout Europe from the late 16th to the early 18th century, characterized by extensive ornamentation a 17th-century style of music characterized by extensive use of the thorough bass and of ornamentation any ornate or heavily ornamented ...
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baroque style•There are two main styles ofarchitecture: the earlierGothicand the laterRenaissanceorbaroque style.•It isfurnishedin adistinctivebaroque styleand public rooms include several sitting rooms and a lobby-bar.
The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
baroque noun /bəˈrɒk/ /bəˈrəʊk/ (alsoBaroque) [singular] the grand and highly decorated style used in European architecture, art and music in the 17th and early 18th centuries paintings representative of the baroque...