Dramatic and ornamental – but with a distinctly Sarmatian flair – the baroque became a prominent style in Polish culture ...

When it comes to adding some distinction to your home, few styles provide the dramatic touch that Baroque art does. Some designers use highly embellished, ornamental pieces to complete a room, while ...

After centuries in a private collection and hidden under a dense layer of overpainting, a Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpture is finally coming to light at Rijksmuseum. Its arrival at the Amsterdam ...

According to the international exhibition Minimal Baroque, contemporary art has locked Minimalism and maximalism in a lusty embrace. Moreover, the show claims this antithetical premise to be a ...

What the Caesars left undone in Rome, one baroque genius, Gian Loren zo Bernini, tried in the 17th century to finish singlehanded. He was as famous in his day as Michelangelo had been in his, and ...

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How did Baroque period artists/sculptors go about their craft? For the first time, researchers have performed a forensic anthropological analysis of a marble skull carved by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The ...

Pedro de Mena, “Mater Dolorosa” (detail) (1674-85), partial-gilt polychrome wood, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Pedro de Mena, “Ecce Homo” and “Mater ...

The Soprano, oil on canvas, by Bernardo Cavallino. Provided to China Daily Fans of Baroque art, once derided as eccentric and a sad end to the glory of Renaissance art that preceded it, have a treat ...