What is baroque? - Definition and examples

Baroque and baroque - style and characteristic

• Baroque was in the 18th In the 19th century, it was adopted from French into German usage. The original meaning of the adjective is "crooked, irregular" and initially referred to the irregularity of a pearl surface. Since the 19th In the 19th century, baroque was also used as a noun.
• The foreign word baroque is best known in connection with an art style that developed between 1600 and 1750 in Europe established. Its most outstanding quality in all areas of art is its wealth of forms, which is expressed above all through opulence and embellishments.
• At the same time, baroque is used to describe the peculiar or strange-grotesque character of something in general.

Baroque is wasteful and contradictory

Baroque as an art style is in painting, architecture, music as well as in the

literature common to classify and characterize the respective works. Here are some examples:

• In literature, the Baroque era describes works that were made in the 17th and 18th centuries. They originated in the 18th century and are between the epochs of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. The fluctuation between z. T. gloomy fear of God and exuberant lust for life. Authors of this time are u. a. Paul Gerhardt, Paul Fleming, Angelus Silesius and Andreas Gryphius.


Fugue - definition in music

The fugue is considered the queen in the composition. Bach in particular devoted himself extensively ...

• In music, the baroque extends to around the middle of the 18th century. Century. Here, too, the above-mentioned contrasts are clearly recognizable as a theme, the stylistic device is typically the decoration of the pieces of music with rich ornamentation. Well-known composers are, for example. Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Pachelbel and Henry Purcell.
• In architecture, the stylistic features were most likely to be found in churches, but also in princely residences. Many well-known examples of lush, ornate furnishings can still be viewed today. This form of architecture first emerged in Italy and from there spread to other countries, where it developed individually under the respective typical conditions. Famous structures in Germany are u. a. Augustusburg Palace in Brühl, the Würzburg Residence and the Dresden Zwinger.