For Baroque we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Antiques, Architecture, Art, Art Movements, Classical Music, Costume Jewelry, Dead Sea Scrolls, Furniture, Landscape, Opera and Sculptural.

Baroque (Antiques)

17th century European design that stressed exaggerated and brilliant form. Influenced William and Mary and Queen anne styles.

Baroque (Architecture)

An architecture of flamboyance and swaggering excess that characterized the 17th century. Taking as a starting point the elements of classicism, Baroque architects gave their buildings an unprecedented elaboration , creating particularly dramatic spatially complex interiors heighten by ornamentation and by the use of bold lighting effects.

Baroque (Art)

Style of art popular in Italy and throughout Europe in the 17th century. It consisted of rich and elaborate detail and complex design. The term possibly derived from the Spanish barrueca (a rare type of pearl with an uneven shape) which later assumed the French form, baroque.

Baroque (Art Movements)

European art and architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Giovanni Bernini, a major exponent of the style, believed in the union of the arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture to overwhelm the spectator with ornate and highly dramatized themes. Although the style originated in Rome as the instrument of the Church, it spread throughout Europe in such monumental creations as the Palace of Versailles.

Baroque (Classical Music)

Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form.

Baroque (Costume Jewelry)

A free form bead, pearl, or stone, often created synthetically in costume jewelry

Baroque (Dead Sea Scrolls)

When referring to an orthography, a revival of an outdated style. Instances of barogue orthography must be carefully distinguished from authentic old style othography, especially if one is trying to data manuscripts paleographically.

Baroque (Furniture)

Name given to the 17th-century exaggerated style that originated in Rome. Massive and heavily decorated, it is an extension of ornamental Renaissance style and is characterized by a lack of restraint manifested in large, irregular, even fantastic curves, twisted columns, elaborate scrolls, and oversize moldings.

Baroque (Landscape)

Artistic style of the seventeenth century characterized in sculpture by passion, in architecture by grandeur and the use of curved structures, and in painting by voluptuous figures, huge landscapes, and dramatic subjects.

Baroque (Opera)

The period of music following the Renaissance, usually dated between 1600 and 1750, starting with the rise of opera and oratorio and ending around the time of the deaths of Bach and Handel. Baroque operas were highly stylized presentations, with elaborate vocal requirements and fanciful plots.

Baroque (Sculptural)

A theatrical style usually associated with European art and architecture ca. 1550-1750, characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines; gaudily ornate.

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