Characteristics of Baroque Art Baroque is the general term given to the style of artistic expression from the late 16th century to the middle of the 18th. Ironically, the term was first used contemptuously by critics to describe architecture and paintings that failed to meet their standards of beauty. Baroque art is an "intense movement of explosive energy." It is a powerful, awe inspiring, resplendent style that is full of flamboyant concepts and an overall …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

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