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2 days ago · Baroque is a cultural movement that emerged in Europe during the late 1500s. It continued into the early 1700s. It influenced art, music, literature, philosophy and architecture of the time. Baroque architecture is known to be dramatic, flamboyant, extravagant and ornate. Here are some key features of the Baroque period: 1.
5 days ago · The Baroque era historically spans the period roughly from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth century. One of the most important prerequisites for the formation of the new style of music was the desire to revive the art and science of ancient rhetoric and apply it to music theory and practice.
4 days ago · Baroque painting is associated with the Baroque cultural movement, a movement often identified with Absolutism and the Counter Reformation or Catholic Revival; [41] [42] the existence of important Baroque painting in non-absolutist and Protestant states also, however, underscores its popularity, as the style spread throughout Western Europe.
4 days ago · Thomas Jefferson sought out Palladian examples, which themselves drew on buildings from the time of the Roman Republic, to develop a new architectural style for the American Republic. Examples include the Hammond–Harwood House in Maryland and Jefferson's own house, Monticello, in Virginia.
3 days ago · Here’s a list of five American Impressionists you need to know. 1. Mary Cassatt. Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) was probably the most famous American Impressionist. Born in Pennsylvania, she moved to Paris in 1865 to study alongside leading academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme.
4 days ago · Though beauty is in the eye of the beholder, different eras in art history have had their own principles to define beauty, from the richly ornamented taste of the Baroque to the simple utilitarian style of the Prairie School.
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1 day ago · In architecture, Art Deco was the successor to (and reaction against) Art Nouveau, a style which flourished in Europe between 1895 and 1900, and coexisted with the Beaux-Arts and neoclassical that were predominant in European and American architecture.
