Definition of baroque Baroque

/bɚowˈk/ - [berowk] - ba•roque

We found 15 definitions of baroque from 7 different sources.

What does baroque mean?

Noun Plural: baroques
baroque - elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
		baroqueness
		artistic style, idiom the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
baroque - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
		Baroque era, Baroque period
Adjective
baroque - having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
		churrigueresque, churrigueresco
		fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
baroque - of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
		Baroque
baroque - of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
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baroque
The period of European music from the early to mid 1600's to the mid 1700's.
baroque
The seventeenth-century period in Europe characterized in the visual arts by dramatic light and shade, turbulent composition, and exaggerated emotional expression.
baroque
Of or belonging to the period of European music from the early to mid 1600's to the mid 1700's.
baroque
Of or belonging to the seventeenth-century period in Europe characterized in the visual arts by dramatic light and shade, turbulent composition, and exaggerated emotional expression.

baroque
bar-ōk′, adj. originally a jeweller's term, but applied in art generally to extravagant ornamental designs: whimsical, odd. [Fr. baroque; perh. from L. verruca, wart, but referred by some to Ar. burāq, hard earth mixed with stones.]

Baroque is a style epoch. It was between the styles (or epochs) of Renaissance and Neoclassicism. This means it lasted from about 1575 to about 1770. At that time, there were absolutist monarchs in Europe. Baroque art is usually very playful and has many ornaments.

The movement started in Italy. It then spread to the Catholic countries in Europe. Finally, it also spread to the Protestant ones.

The word "Baroque" comes from Portuguese. There, "barocco" means something like "strange".In Portuguese, it was first used for irregularly-shaped pearls. It was first used in France to mean works of art that did not follow the current trend.
band
Baroque was a visual rock band. Although all members of Baroque were men, they dressed up when they performed in concert. At their concerts, their received much criticism and so the band broke up.