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art so extra it made minimalism inevitable, dripping gold like the universe owed it money
means Elaborately ornate and richly detailed, especially describing a 17th- and early-18th-century European style of art, architecture, and music defined by drama, grandeur, and abundant decoration.
from From French baroque, in turn from Portuguese barroco — a jeweler's term for an irregular, misshapen pearl. The lumpy, asymmetrical pearl became a metaphor for art that was excessive and irregular by classical standards, and what began as an insult ("too much, too weird") eventually became the proud name of a whole era. There's a competing theory tracing it to baroco, a tongue-twisting term from medieval logic, but the wonky-pearl story is the one scholars favor.
- origin insult
- named after a misshapen pearl, meant as mockery
- ceiling flex
- painted heavens trick eyes into seeing infinite sky
- music too
- Bach and Vivaldi wrote in this overstuffed style
- church weapon
- Catholics used grandeur to out-dazzle Protestant austerity
palace of versailles — french royal residence built 1661-1715, epitomizes baroque grandeur with gilded halls and elaborate gardens
st peter's basilica — vatican city cathedral completed 1626, features baroque architecture, sculpture, and bernini's colonnade
antonio vivaldi — italian composer (1678-1741) whose four seasons defines baroque concerto style
johann sebastian bach — german composer (1685-1750) whose fugues and cantatas represent the height of baroque music