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Definition of Baroque |
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Baroque
In bad taste; grotesque; odd. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl. Related Definitions: Bad, Form, Grotesque, In, Irregular, Odd, Of, Pearl, Said, Taste |
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Baroque Quotations
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over. Ernest Hemingway I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the greatest opera composers. He was the one who really started the opera. Cecilia Bartoli A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque. Juan Goytisolo Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation. Harry Seidler Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque? Pierre Schaeffer |
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Baroque Translations
baroque in German is barock baroque in Hungarian is barokk baroque in Spanish is barroco baroque in Swedish is barock |
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