{"id":24585,"date":"2018-10-16T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestofrome.fr\/le-baroque-a-rome\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:54:35","slug":"the-baroque-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestofrome.fr\/en\/the-baroque-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baroque in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baroque<\/strong> is an artistic movement that extends from the mid-sixteenth century, until the mid-eighteenth that marked European art. Its origin is in Italy, where there are many beautiful expressions, especially in Rome<\/strong>. This style touches all areas, such as architecture, painting or music. This period was called “baroque” after the end of the 18th century.
\nIt is characterized by the expression of movement, decorative overload, dramatic effects, exuberance or contrast. He is sometimes pompous.
\nIts object was to touch the spectator by awakening sensations in him, in opposition in particular to the austerity and sobriety of classicism.
\nThe church contributed to the creation and dissemination of baroque works, wanting to distinguish itself after the Protestant Reformation of the Protestant church by seeking emotion among the faithful.
\nIn architecture, is often seen complexity and trompe l’oeil, creating an assumed exuberance. In painting the baroque often expresses a powerful realism, sometimes exaggerated to the theatrical.<\/p>\n

Among the great artists who particularly marked the baroque were Caravaggio<\/strong> with his chiaroscuro and animated characters, Bernini<\/strong> with his “living” marbles, or Borromini<\/strong> and Cortona<\/strong> among the Italians, but also Rubens from Flanders, Vel\u00e1zquez<\/strong> born in Seville, etc.<\/p>\n

Pages culture and Baroque in Rome<\/h2>\n