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5 days ago · Baroque architecture, a style that emerged in Italy in the late 16th century before spreading across Europe and Latin America, is characterized by its dramatic use of light, bold ornamentation, and dynamic forms. It sought to inspire awe and convey the power of the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation.
3 days ago · The Baroque (UK: / b ə ˈ r ɒ k / bə-ROK, US: /-ˈ r oʊ k /- ROHK; French:) or Baroquism is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
- 17th–18th centuries
16 hours ago · Baroque embraced the off-balance, the close-up, and the capturing of a moment in time, all adding to a feeling of drama. Baroque art emerged at the start of the 17th century against the backdrop of the Protestant Reformation. The Catholic church wanted to reassert its power and used the arts to do so, commissioning large-scale, dramatic ...
16 hours ago · Salzburg, Mozart's birthplace, is a city echoing with baroque architecture and a rich musical past. This Austrian jewel offers a blend of culture and history, woven into its cobblestone pathways ...
16 hours ago · “The Baroque, being the art that had the most development in Mexico during the viceregal era, knowing it, knowing how to read, define and explain it in architecture, painting, goldsmithing and sculpture, not only means increasing culture, but as a social learning that “It helps to identify and discover the type of society that produced it ...
1 day ago · German Baroque architecture resolved the tension between longitudinal and centralized spaces through the use of ovals. Examples include the domes of Johann Michael Fischer 's rotunda at Murnau (1725–27), Balthasar Neumann 's Hofkirche at Würzburg Residence (1733) and Hofkapelle at Werneck [ de ] (1733), and Dominikus Zimmermann 's church at ...
2 days ago · An example of Baroque style Architecture Image Source: commons.wikimedia.org In 1751, architect Juan de Uguccioni led the reconstruction of the cathedral into a baroques inspired architecture. The church had broad oval naves and large-scale ceiling frescoes.
