Sentences with word «baroque»

The term "baroque" refers to an artistic and architectural style that emerged in Europe during the 17th century. It is characterized by ornate decoration, intricate details, and a flamboyant and extravagant aesthetic. Full definition
The Cathedral is the centrepoint of Lamego, a remarkable example of Baroque architecture with superb panoramas across the white buildings below.
Built in Baroque style, the 18th century Royal Palace is the official residence of the Swedish monarchy (but the reception rooms, treasury and other rooms are open to the public).
Blenheim Palace is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture that boasts over 300 years of history to discover.
This colonial city its filled with baroque churches, lush courtyards, a bustling city center of Z?calo and some of the best craft markets in Mexico.
Wurtz has a show at Office Baroque in Brussels from June 4 through July 16; a retrospective previously at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, U.K., opening at La Casa Encendida in Madrid in October; work included in Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné at the Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College and then traveling to the Dedalus Foundation in New York this fall.
Cuban - born painter Osvaldo Mesa explores influences of Baroque painting, Abstraction, fetish objects, and forms found in nature.
There are some fine photographs» a couple of baroque churches in Lima, Peru, are particularly memorable» but I don't think many readers want to look at the campanile of St. Mark's in Venice tilted at a sixty - degree angle.
Founded by the Spanish in the 17th century, Antigua city follows traditional layout and Spanish Baroque Style architecture.
Prominent West Cost Artist Explores Baroque Period Using Classic Paintings to Create Original Works of Art
The residency which spans institutions in Bologna, Florence, Venice and Rome will see Helen study everything from Baroque art to the history of Italian music, literature and society.
As showcased in this video, GreedFall aims for a very unique visual identity, inspired by Baroque art from 17th century Europe, depicting grandiose scenery in muted warm colors and dark undertones.
More recent pieces have included an ongoing series of highly colored and tactile ceramics, elegantly draped pieces of synthetic fabric inspired by Baroque paintings, ephemeral arrangements of glitter, and vibrant hand - woven carpets.
Housed in a 17th century Baroque palace on the Grand Canal it is one of the eleven civic museums of the city.
Full disclosure: I am from New York, so I wasn't expecting much at the Go for Baroque Fashion Show, a #DRProjects presentation at David Richard Gallery on April 23.
Shibboleth was a gesture that felt as baroque as it was minimal, leaving its scar, and an invitation, in the concrete to this day.
Set against a spectacular backdrop of snow - covered Andean peaks this tour takes you to the city's historic heart, visiting beautiful baroque buildings and the provincial Santa Lucia Hill where Spanish conquistadors founded the city in the 16th century.
This is a fascinating sounding tale of the quest for a painting by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio.
The result is a group of complexly rendered artworks that have a contemporary baroque sensibility.
Day 4 Visit Lake Maggiore including lakeside Villa Taranto and by boat to Isola Madre and Isola Bella, site of the Borromeos» 17th - century Baroque palace with ten graduated terraces.
His first important works were of Italian Baroque cathedrals in Rome.
The Dutch Baroque era (c.1600 - 80)- being dominated by the more secular aesthetics of Protestant Reformation art - witnessed a surge of true - to - life works, by artists intent on replicating nature as accurately as possible - in figure drawing, landscape painting and genre works.
Hyperallergic reviews a new exhibition of works by Baroque painter Josefa de Óbidos (1630 — 1684).
Sharing my music collection of baroque music with daughter since she was 17 weeks, felt magical, heavenly and total bliss, knowing I was playing her soothing baby sounds.
Distinguishing them from baroque works in which tense skies battle against grounding landscapes, Kabakov utilizes composition to instigate a sense of forewarning and challenge if reality has been revealed or is about to be whisked away.
Such wide - ranging exhibitions have included a show on Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens in 1995 and 2009's Picasso: Mosqueteros, co-curated by Picasso biographer John Richardson, which drew 100,000 visitors to the gallery to see the artist's less - examined late work.
One of the greatest of 17th century French Baroque artists, works by Claude Lorrain hang in many of the world's best art museums, as can be seen from the following list of his famous landscape paintings.
The artist employs the aesthetic of Baroque cathedrals and basilicas as a point of departure directly incorporating images of these architectural elements into the work.
He was also a performer at Beyond Baroque as a proxy for Daniel J. Martinez, and in 2008 was included in a group show curated by Glenn Kaino at the Warhol Foundation in Pittsburgh.
You enjoy a guided tour of the Abbey, including the prestigious Marble Room and the Abbey Church, generally considered one of the most beautiful Baroque churches north of the Alps.
Crafted of 24k gold vermeil, the necklace successfully combines white baroque pearls with faceted amethyst and dyed blue
Last October, he held a personal show at Office Baroque Gallery in Antwerp.
Rosegal has a beautiful collection of Vintage dresses for women which includes baroque designs that transcend time to the free - spirited nature of bohemian chic, as well as contemporary clothing for casual and special occasions.
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Nearby attractions include Keszthely, a charming Baroque town, Heviz, known for its healing waters and Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Europe.
There definitely was a difference in the lace — theirs was more baroque style (I think you'd call it) and mine was floral guipure lace, and theirs had a different finish too.
Inspired by the city's lagoon and canals, Twombly splashed acrylic on to canvases shaped like baroque ceiling paintings, as if Monet was meeting Jackson Pollock and Tiepolo.
Also dating from this period is the large Baroque garden, the only preserved private garden of this kind in the Rhineland.
With over 50 artists, the walls of the Whitecross Street gallery will be packed to the rafters with baroque inspired watercolours in velvety purple, abstract maps that reimagine London and neon oil paintings of city life that call to graffiti.
Adam Eaker, Frick guest curator (and newly appointed assistant curator of Northern Baroque paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), said he is thrilled with the loan.
Day 9 Circle the Bay of Kotor, a UNESCO World Heritage site, stop at Perast, one of the most beautiful Baroque cities on the Adriatic Sea and by small boats, reach the island «Our Lady of the Rocks» before arriving at Mlini for our final night at the 4 - star Mlini Hotel, 10 km from the centre of Dubrovnik.
A tribute to an art historian who fundamentally changed the way we think about Baroque sculpture.
The New Baroque opened November 18 and is on view at Booth Gallery, 325 W. 38th St., New York, NY through January 13, 2018.
Surveying the finest Northern European drawings in the Morgan's collections, this exhibition featured over one hundred works spanning the Gothic through the Flemish Baroque periods.
«Painted in Mexico» unfolds in its wing dedicated to the twentieth century, it concludes in 1790, and it opens with the height of late Baroque excess.
Completed in the early 1700s, the chapel boasts some beautiful examples of French Baroque architecture and features a striking gold coloured dome which proudly stands at over 100 metres high.
In «Slaying,» Ms. Ostoya takes Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes — an early Baroque masterpiece, depicting two women beheading a drunken general — as her point of departure.
The high baroque paintings are complex canvases formed from thick globs of metallic impasto reminiscent of Jackson Pollock, echoing his allover compositions, gestural brushwork and brooding melancholic effect.
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