Baroque

The Baroque era is the stylistic epoch between the Renaissance and Classicism, which lasted from around 1575 to 1770. The Baroque style replaces the art of the Renaissance, which points to unity and calm, while taking over their formal elements but attempting to surpass them through the frequency and intensification of its forms and a striving for richness in expression.

In terms of art history, it is divided into early baroque (around 1600-1650), high baroque (around 1650-1720) and late baroque (around 1720-1770). As an art form of absolutism and the counter-reformation, the baroque is characterized by opulent display of splendor.

Starting in Italy, it first spread to the Catholic countries of Europe before it also prevailed in a modified form in Protestant areas.