Historically, the birthplace of the Baroque style is Italy, or rather - Rome, Florence, Venice and Mantua. The Baroque period, which marked the emerging spirit of Western culture, was contrasted with classical ideas in literature and art.
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One can only dream of the unambiguous origin of the word "baroque". Some argue that its roots are in the Portuguese barroco, which means "pearl of irregular shape" or "pearl with vice." Someone thinks that the word comes from the Latin verruca, which means "the place of a defect in a precious stone." Others are of the opinion that the word is of Italian origin: from Italian barocco is translated as "strange", "bizarre", "ridiculous". In this sense, the Baroque style carried a negative interpretation. Followers of classicism called the word "baroque" everything that deviated even a little from the canons of the classics, which was for them an obvious bad taste.
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In a general sense, the baroque style is characterized by solemnity, exaggerated expression, dynamism, tension, the desire to combine different genres of art, reformism. All these hallmarks of Baroque as a style were reflected in it partly under the influence of the era associated with the discoveries of Copernicus. The Baroque style, like the ideas of Copernicus, was innovative, redefining the view of the world, man and his place in this world. There was a break in the traditions that existed before.
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On the other hand, everything that has a mathematical expression is recognized as true. That is, it is also the Age of Reason and Enlightenment. Naturalness is rejected by the Baroque style, at this time it is synonymous with ignorance, vulgarity, atrocity. Women wear corsets, whiten their faces, and put on unnatural and elaborate hairstyles on their heads. Men wear wigs, shave their mustaches and beards, and wear perfume. Everything is unnatural, and this unnaturalness is sung. All natural desires and urges are formed in the Baroque era by the principles of reason, be it appetite or attraction to the opposite sex. Appetite, for example, is refined thanks to the invention of table etiquette. By the way, forks and napkins appeared precisely in the Baroque era.
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God appears to the Baroque man not as a savior, but as a creator and architect. Like a great watchmaker, He created this mechanism called the world. Hence the conviction that it is useless for him to pray, but he needs to learn from him. Robinson Crusoe and Baron Munchausen became heroes of this time. They personify adventures, discoveries, so inherent in the Baroque era. All the dynamism, brightness and flamboyance of the Baroque style were embodied in the works of Rubens and Caravaggio.
