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Baroque Art(ca. 1600 - c. 1730)Liyingying7-12-2007 The origins of the word baroque are not clear. It may have been derived from the Portuguese barocco or the Spanish barueco, indicating an irregularly shaped pearl. The word itself does not accurately define or even approximate to the meaning of the style to which it refers. However, by the end of the 18th century the term “baroque”, carrying associations with the grotesque（怪诞、奇异风格）, had entered the vocabulary of art criticism as a label for a style of 17th-century art that many later critics regularly dismissed as too bizarre（奇异的） or strange to merit serious study.? The baroque style often with spectacular visual effects. Baroque Art emerged in Europe around 1600, as a reaction against the Mannerist style(矫饰主义) that dominated the Late Renaissance. Baroque art is less complex, more realistic and more emotionally affecting than Mannerist art. This movement was encouraged by the Catholic Church, the most important patron of the arts at that time, being seen as a return to tradition and spirituality. In the 18th century, Baroque Art was replaced by the more elegant and elaborate Rococo style（罗可可样式）. Baroque Art Baroque Architecture Baroque Sculpture Baroque Painting Baroque Music Baroque Fashion Baroque Architecture Buildings of the period are composed of great curving forms with undulating facades（波状起伏的外表）, ground plans of unprecedented （前所未有的）size and complexity, and domes of various shapes, Many works of baroque architecture were executed on a colossal scale, incorporating aspects of urban planning and landscape architecture. Gothic Architecture Baroque Sculpture Baroque sculptors felt free to combine different materials within a single work and often used one material to simulate another. Many works of Baroque sculpture are set within elaborate architectural settings, and they often seem to be spilling out of their assigned niches（壁龛） or floating upward toward heaven. Baroque Painting baroque painters open