documents and works of art. However, during the Baroque period, the birth of modern science and the opening up of the world beyond Europe brought an increasingly serious interest in the nature and ...

Some even used pretty cool optical illusions to make things look even bigger and even more exciting. During this period, a particularly important scientific discovery was made by chemists that totally ...

Naomi: Very dapper Ludwig! Ludwig: (gasp) What ist this !!! Naomi: This is an organ, a popular instrument of the Baroque period. It’s a little bit like woodwind or brass instruments, because it ...

The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

Lasting for 150 years, the Baroque period of architecture, music, and art influenced churches, palaces, mansions, and civic ...

On the other hand, there was a fascination with disorder, with the irrational, with all that does not fit into existing classifications, with illusion, and with rebellion against order […] Walter ...

Together they demonstrate not only the range, skill, and acuity of these masters of Baroque portraiture but also the interrelationship of the arts in seventeenth-century Rome. Andrea Bacchi is ...

Caravaggio's revolutionary style helped anticipate the Baroque period. However the sudden end of his dramatic and turbulent life — at the age of 38 — also ended his short-lived career. He was buried ...

A lecture is set to explore Britain's best-loved Baroque country houses, including Blenheim Palace and Chatsworth House. The ...