Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
The baroque church of San Leonardo is worth a quick look.
...a collection of treasures dating from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period.
The baroque style and period in art and architecture are sometimes referred to as the baroque.
...the seventeenth-century taste for the baroque.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Baroque music is a style of European music that was written in the 18th century.
...the German baroque composer Georg Philip Telemann.
He wrote some of the most magnificent baroque music.
The baroque style and period in music are sometimes referred to as the baroque.
...his argument that Mozart belongs to the end of the baroque and not to the earlyphase of romantic music.
3. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Baroque things are complicated and elaborate.
He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes.
He is among the most baroque of contemporary poets.
Synonyms: ornate, fancy, bizarre, elegant More Synonyms of baroque
baroque in British English
(bəˈrɒk, bəˈrəʊk)
noun(often capital)
1.
a style of architecture and decorative art that flourished throughout Europe from the late 16th to the early 18th century, characterized by extensive ornamentation
2.
a 17th-century style of music characterized by extensive use of the thorough bass and of ornamentation
3.
any ornate or heavily ornamented style
adjective
4.
denoting, being in, or relating to the baroque
5.
(of pearls) irregularly shaped
Word origin
C18: from French, from Portuguese barroco a rough or imperfectly shaped pearl
baroque in American English
(bəˈroʊk)
adjective
1. [oftenB-]
a.
of, characteristic of, or like a style of art and architecture characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
b.
of, characteristic of, or like a style of music characterized by highly embellished melodies and fugal or contrapuntal forms
2. [oftenB-]
designating or of the period in which these styles flourished (c. 1600-1750)
3.
fantastically overdecorated; gaudily ornate
4.
irregular in shape
said of pearls
noun
5. [oftenB-]
the period of the Baroque style of art
cf. rococo
Word origin
Fr, orig., irregular < Port barroco, imperfect pearl
Examples of 'baroque' in a sentence
baroque
It is a delightfully satisfying work of baroque architecture.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Tuck into local foods while admiring the city's gothic, renaissance and baroque architecture.
The Sun (2016)
The orchestral arrangements added fresh layers of drama and grandeur to her already baroque style.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Here medieval marbled palaces and baroque churches contrast splendidly with chic cafes and boutiques.
The Sun (2012)
It is not your usual courtly baroque opera.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You can work on rock as well as baroque music.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Dresden is best known for its beautifully reconstructed baroque architecture and beer gardens.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Instead they performed one of their own songs in a baroque style.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The quest to perform baroque music just as it was continues.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His playing of baroque music was exemplary.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Its setting and baroque style were far removed from his lean screenplay but no less entertaining for that.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These images of baroque architecture remind us of the classic values and aesthetics that we tried to include in our watch collection.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Baroque opera had an allegorical purpose at the Bourbon court.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The facade is dull in the extreme, and the interior poor baroque.
Jepson, Tim Umbria - the green heart of Italy (1989)
Baroque music poured through double-height french windows on to the sunlit terrace.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I will be surprised if a more exciting disc of baroque vocal music comes my way this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The baroque style remains intact.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Whether this theory is correct has not yet been confirmed, but it is possible to experiment with the effects of baroque music for yourself.
Campbell, Eileen & Brennan, J. H. Dictionary of Mind, Body and Spirit (1994)
Regal women, from mostly unknown baroque operas, all in the throes of deep crisis.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Make for the West Front and admire its bravura baroque architecture.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Baroque opera doesn't get more star-studded.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The city of spires, narrow cobbled streets and Baroque palaces is perfect for a romantic winter stroll.
The Sun (2006)
Most of them are still standing, and they surely constitute the finest concentration of baroque architecture outside Rome.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then, quite unexpectedly, this may give way to a leafy square containing a glorious baroque church or a former palace.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Word lists with
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architectural styles, Art styles and movements, Classical music genres
In other languages
baroque
British English: baroque ADJECTIVE
Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
The baroque church is worth a quick look.
American English: baroque
Brazilian Portuguese: barroco
Chinese: 巴洛克式的
European Spanish: barroco
French: baroque
German: barock
Italian: barocco
Japanese: バロック式の
Korean: 바로크 양식의
European Portuguese: barroco
Latin American Spanish: barroco
(adjective)
Definition
ornate in style
He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes.
Synonyms
ornate
an ornate gilded staircase
fancy
It was packaged in a fancy plastic case with attractive graphics.
bizarre
elegant
decorated
elaborate
a designer known for his elaborate costumes
extravagant
The couple wed in extravagant style.
flamboyant
flamboyant architectural paint effects
grotesque
convoluted
flowery
They were using uncommonly flowery language.
rococo
rococo trimmings and gilt cherubs
florid
the cast-iron fireplace and the florid ceiling
bedecked
overelaborate
overdecorated
Additional synonyms
in the sense of elaborate
Definition
having a very complicated design
a designer known for his elaborate costumes
Synonyms
ornate,
detailed,
involved,
complex,
fancy,
complicated,
decorated,
extravagant,
intricate,
baroque,
ornamented,
fussy,
embellished,
showy,
ostentatious,
florid
in the sense of extravagant
Definition
very elaborate and impressive
The couple wed in extravagant style.
Synonyms
showy,
elaborate,
flamboyant,
impressive,
fancy,
flashy,
ornate,
pretentious,
grandiose,
gaudy,
garish,
ostentatious,
gee-whizz (slang)
in the sense of fancy
Definition
special, unusual, and elaborate
It was packaged in a fancy plastic case with attractive graphics.