The Baroque
Fine art.

The general characteristics of Baroque are the pathos and stressed sentimentliy, fullness and wavy motion of all shapes, splendour and picturesqueness, representation and the connectedness of seperate kinds and the way of life into so called collective art (Gesamtkunstwerk), as it is in a most perfect way represented by the baroque theatre, the baroque catholic liturgy and the baroque mansion with gardens. The cradle of Baroque is Italy, other most powerful centre points are also Spain, France, Holland, south Germany, Austria and Bohemia. Baroque was equaly expressed on the church and secular field of fine art.
The Italian influences were prevailing in the art od the 17. and 18. century. The initiatives came either directly from Italy ( Venice, Bologna, Rome) or from other centers (Graz, Wien). The process of had been developing from the middle of the 17. century onwards.......

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Title: Baroque
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