The Baroque style flourished thanks to the patronage of the Roman Catholic Church. Promoted by generations of popes, cardinals, priests, missionaries and worshippers, the style spread around the world ...

“The next time you’re feeling down about the state of politics, remember the Duterte-Duterte tandem” (Last of 2 parts) In our column Thursday, we said if ...

The Baroque is a highly ornate and elaborate style of architecture, art and design that flourished in Europe in the 17th and first half of the 18th century. Originating in Italy, its influence quickly ...

Dramatic and ornamental – but with a distinctly Sarmatian flair – the baroque became a prominent style in Polish culture between the early 17th and mid-18th century. Its roots lay in the traditions of ...

Baroque rose to prominence in the seventeenth century. It is often defined by large-scale elaborate paintings that were realistic in style, but also flamboyant in their detail. The commissioning of a ...

The origin of the term " baroque" is uncertain, though it may have evolved from the Portuguese 'barocco', meaning a grotesque or deformed pearl. The term was originally applied derisively, much as the ...

If a Baroque composer wanted a longer sound on the harpsichord, he would have had to add ornaments such as trills and mordents. A mordent is a shorter ornament, with a note played, the note above ...

Figure 1. This hummingbird brooch features a 20.0 mm silver pink baroque pearl. It is surrounded by 319 diamonds (2.54 carats total), with a single 0.03 ct ruby eye mounted in 18K white gold. Photo by ...