The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

Indeed, the Baroque architectural style is recognized by its grand scale, elaborate facades, and lavish interiors. Lasting for 150 years, the Baroque period of architecture, music, and art influenced ...

The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

professional art restorers and experts from the public sector and companies has resulted in the discovery of works of art, artists and documents from the São Paulo baroque era that have remain hidden, ...

Curtains often appear in Baroque and Cubist paintings for similar reasons. (Zeuxis was in competition with Parrhasius, whose painting was enigmatically curtained. Zeuxis was defeated when he tried ...