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adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. In architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of Versailles and by the work of Bernini in Italy. Major composers include Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel; Caravaggio and Rubens are important baroque artists.
noun
- 1. the baroque style or period: "the interior of the church is in lavish baroque"
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The meaning of BAROQUE is of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension.
noun [ S ] uk / bəˈrɒk / us / bəˈroʊk / the baroque (also the Baroque) the heavily decorated style in buildings, art, and music that was popular in Europe in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century: The villa is an eccentric fusion of the classical, the baroque and the modernist.
The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep color, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. 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.
A period in the arts, visual and musical, from about 1600 to about 1750, marked by elaborate ornamentation and efforts to create dramatic effects. Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi were great composers of the baroque era. Discover More.
Definitions of baroque. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750. synonyms: Baroque. adjective. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation. “"the building...frantically baroque "-William Dean Howells”
Baroque art and architecture, the visual arts and building design and construction produced during the era in the history of Western art that roughly coincides with the 17th century.
noun [ S ] us / bəˈroʊk / uk / bəˈrɒk / the baroque (also the Baroque) the heavily decorated style in buildings, art, and music that was popular in Europe in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century: The villa is an eccentric fusion of the classical, the baroque and the modernist.
of or relating to a style of music composed, esp at Vienna, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This period is marked by the establishment, esp by Haydn and Mozart, of sonata form. classical romantic twelve-tone.
extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or style: the baroque prose of the novel's more lurid passages. irregular in shape: baroque pearls. See more
Tate glossary definition for Baroque: The dominant style in art and architecture of the seventeenth century, characterized by self-confidence, dynamism and a realistic approach to depiction.
