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

Despite a short life marred by brawls, arrests and even murder, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, better known simply as ...

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 ...

Another epoch in art, the Baroque, took its fullest form when another dynasty of rulers ... Although the Nesvizh and Kraków churches were pioneering projects for the new era, the typical Baroque ...

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, ...

Venerated today as a co-inventor of Cubism, which he developed in spirited competition with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Gris is widely celebrated for pioneering a new kind of art.

Guido Reni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Best known for his commissioned frescos in chapels and for his ... Today, his works are found in the collections of the Art Institute of ...