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By juanchopanza
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    EARLY BAROQUE

    The baroque originated in Italy and its first form of expression was painting. With the reform of the Roman Catholic Church, new guidelines for art and its function could be implemented.
    At this time, painters competed for commissions assigned by the Church, being the first to adopt aesthetic changes.
    Importance and intensity were given to the color of the works, Caravaggio being one of the greatest representatives of this stage.
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    BAROQUE

    Baroque is called a historical, artistic and cultural period characterized by great ornamental exuberance that was manifested in art, literature, music and architecture spanning the 17th and 18th centuries.
    The Baroque emerged in Italy, spreading to the rest of Europe and America.
    In the Baroque style it is reflected in a feeling of drama and fatality among the exponents of the time. Art becomes more artificial, ornate, ornate and decorative.
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    FULL BAROQUE

    At this stage the baroque was consolidated as a movement in a wide variety of arts and countries. It manifested itself in all its splendor in Italy and Spain. At this stage Diego Velázquez was one of the most prominent painters.
    Architecture set the trend in the design of European and Latin American buildings. They used large ornaments, domes and ornate interiors that culminated in a master room.
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    LATE BAROQUE

    It is considered the beginning of Rococo, another artistic and cultural movement. The works had baroque characteristics and transitional elements.
    Painting, music and theater took on greater historical importance.

  • The signing of the Treaty of Utrecht

    This treaty ended the War of the Spanish Succession and reconfigured the political map of Europe, weakening the hegemony of France and strengthening other powers such as Great Britain and the Netherlands.

  • The death of Louis XIV

    Known as the Sun King, his death marked the end of an era of absolutism in France and the beginning of a period of political and economic crisis that would affect Europe.

  • The beginning of the Enlightenment

    This intellectual movement promoted reason and critical thinking, challenging the ideas and values ​​of the Baroque, and laying the foundations for the development of modernity.

  • The publication of The Yes of the Girls by Leandro Fernández de Moratín

    Although this work is set in the period of Neoclassicism, it represents a change in literature and thought that moves away from the characteristics of the Baroque, marking the beginning of new literary currents.