baroque
n.
16th-17th century European style (of art, music and architecture) which was characterized by elaborate ornamentation
adj.
of or pertaining to the Baroque style; characterized by elaborate ornamentation; irregularly shaped
Baroque
In the
arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural epoch, commencing roughly at the turn of the
17th century in
Rome, that was exemplified by drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in
sculpture,
painting,
literature,
dance, and
music.. In music, the term 'Baroque' applies to the final period of dominance of imitative
counterpoint, where different voices and instruments echo each other but at different pitches, sometimes inverting the echo, and even reversing thematic material.
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baroque
Noun
1. elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
(synonym) baroqueness
(hypernym) artistic style, idiom
Adjective
1. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
(synonym) churrigueresque, churrigueresco
(similar) fancy
baroque
adj.
baroque, weird
baroque (m)
n.
baroque, 16th-17th century European style (of art, music and architecture), which was characterized by elaborate ornamentation
Baroque
(a.)
In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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