Baroque
![The Triumph of the Immaculate by Paolo de Matteis](/Images/godic/202412/23/1710-15_de_Matteis_Triumph_of_the_Immaculate_anagoria2446.JPG")
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![Brooch of an African, Walters Art Museum](/Images/godic/202412/23/German_-_Brooch_of_an_African_-_Walters_57887_-_Back2446.jpg")
![Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598](/Images/godic/202412/23/Aeneas'_Flight_from_Troy_by_Federico_Barocci2446.jpg")
The Baroque (US /bəˈroʊk/ or UK /bəˈrɒk/) is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, theater, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of Europe.