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▸ noun: (art, music) A period in western architecture, art and music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.
▸ noun: The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.
▸ adjective: Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
▸ adjective: Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
▸ adjective: Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
▸ adjective: Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
▸ adjective: Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.
▸ adjective: (figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.
▸ noun: An ornate, detailed style.
Similar:
fancy,
baroqueness,
Churrigueresque,
churrigueresco,
Neo-Baroque,
preclassical,
barococo,
Bachovian,
rococo,
baritonal,
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Types:
Rococo,
High Baroque,
Late Baroque,
Flemish Baroque,
ItaliBaroque,
Spanish Baroque,
French Baroque,
GermBaroque,
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