What does baroque mean?

Baroque is an artistic style that prevailed in Europe from 1600 to 1750. It originated in Italy during the anti-Reformation period and developed in most parts of Europe where Catholicism believed. Later, with the spread of Catholicism, its influence spread as far as Latin America and Asian countries.

Not only in painting, Baroque art represents the whole art field, including music, architecture and decorative arts. Its connotation is extremely complicated. But the most basic feature is that it broke the seriousness, implication and balance of the Renaissance, advocated luxury and style, paid attention to the expression of strong emotions, and the atmosphere was warm and tense, which had a penetrating and touching artistic effect.

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The original meaning of the word baroque is a deformed pearl, which is used by classicists to refer to this architectural style that is considered deviant. This style has played an important role in opposing rigid classical forms, pursuing free and unrestrained styles and expressing secular interests, and has influenced city squares, garden art and even literary and art departments. It was once popular in Europe.

The Jesuit church in Rome, designed by the famous Italian architect and architectural theorist Vignola in the late Renaissance, is a masterpiece of the transition from technicalism to baroque style, and some people call it the first baroque building.

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