The name Baroque, used for the period from 1600 to 1750 AD, comes from the Portuguese term "Barocco". It was used to describe an irregular and imperfect pearl.
The Baroque was a period in music, art, literature, and architecture that began in Europe and expanded later to America. Its main characteristics were:
Among famous artists, we find Caravaggio, Caracci, Rubens, Bernini, Van Dycke and Velazquez. In Literature, Góngora, Quevedo, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Moliére, Shakespeare. Famous composers from Baroque were Vivaldi and Bach.
Some iconic examples of architecture from this period are the palace of Versailles and Bernini's columnata in St Peter's square.
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