Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous composer of the baroque period. From LearnThat.org.
The building...frantically baroque. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word "baroque" comes from the Italian word "barocco" which means bizarre. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Music Education] Reference
Since then the term baroque occurs in English scholarship more frequently. From Wordnik.com. [BAROQUE IN LITERATURE] Reference
The costumes I did see were quite fun, from women in baroque dresses (complete with ship on the hair) to steampunk farmers and the Joker. From Wordnik.com. [Orycon 31 Wrap-Up « Colleen Anderson] Reference
But the time has gone by when the word baroque was used to disparage two centuries of art, as the word Gothic thinly disguised a condemnation. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
(Your point about the Italian baroque is spot on — although being my perverse self, I listen to Vivaldi and Scarlatti hanging on for the proto-Expressionist moments.). From Wordnik.com. [The Long Goodbye] Reference
Jammin 'with Jimi CD5\06 - 06 - Jam 1 pt. 3 swifts wing (aka baroque 2). wav. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Freshwater pearls, the kind called baroque because of their singular, irregular, unmistakable shapes. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Jammin 'with Jimi CD5\04 - 04 - Jam 1 inc. gypsy boy, new rising sun (aka baroque 1), (aka young Jim). wav. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
In the ranks of the big art movements, the baroque is the diplodocus, the blue whale, the Fred Goodwin pension. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
A lesser known bit of Clinton trivia is his collection, in the form of a list, of what might be termed baroque country song titles. From Wordnik.com. [Country Legend Merle Haggard Records Tribute To Hillary] Reference
Because the baroque is so analytically formal, the baroque mode and his baroque subject matter are a perfect metaphor for Mr. Vidal’s satiric purpose. From Wordnik.com. [r_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"] Reference
Cloudy mirrors in baroque frames. From Wordnik.com. ["The Misses Moses," from my collection Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (Norton 2010)] Reference
It needed a little "baroque," is what I'm trying to get at. From Wordnik.com. [The Nativity Story: A Review] Reference
By the way, North American visitors should be warned that in England, the second syllable of "baroque" rhymes with clock, not cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Myriad, in baroque splendor. From Wordnik.com. [Rockin' babies and finally done with the class] Reference
The head of the stockmarket regulator recently called the set-up "baroque". From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Vargas Llosa's style is a kind of baroque style - long sentences, complicated sentences. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
She has built not only the lounge but a dining chair which she says is kind of baroque-style. From Wordnik.com. [Kootenay Rockies - News] Reference
And also by Zeffirelli's "baroque" direction, giving them ample space to show their amazing talents. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Only years after one German-speaker coined the expression "baroque", another (the architect, Adolf Loos) decided "ornament is crime". From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Gabrielle finds inspiration from many mediums, such as baroque ornaments, Victorian wall papers, Moroccan pottery and Faberge jewelry. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Artists working in this period did not call themselves "baroque": you look in vain in 18th-century encyclopaedias of art for the word. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Instead, it is a baroque litany of terror and mayhem. From Wordnik.com. [Isolation Nation] Reference
It's not just the art that harks back to the baroque period. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Baroque] Reference
Building Museumsquartier generated as much intrigue as any baroque court. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Baroque] Reference
Among them are Simon Rattle, who wants to expand the Berlin Philharmonic's baroque repertoire. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Arts Preview: Music] Reference
In the early 1980s, she went baroque, stretching canvas over jigsaw-puzzle forms made from plywood. From Wordnik.com. [Coloring Outside the Lines] Reference
The vaultlike Galactic Senate, whose box seats float through the air, is a triumph of baroque futurism. From Wordnik.com. [Star Wars: The Phantom Movie] Reference
Clinton's plan is baroque and is the brainchild of one of Clinton's many Sancho Panzas -- Ira Magaziner. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Next, Clinton's Year One] Reference
In addition, a 70 - meter-high glass tower intended to crown the baroque complex was scrapped from the plans. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Baroque] Reference
The Kunsthalle building itself is housed within the former imperial stables, a huge baroque complex of castles. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Baroque] Reference
Any movie that casts gnarly, intense David Thewlis as straight man is going to be pitched at a pretty baroque level. From Wordnik.com. [Brando Plays God] Reference
All three were tripped up by derivatives, those baroque financial instruments that "derive" value from underlying assets. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Out For Derivative Dangers] Reference
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