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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ornate without feeling overdone, dramatic yet surprisingly livable, "recomposed Baroque" is emerging as a ...

Baroque, with its scrolling curlicues, extravagant embellishment and fondness for gold, has been out of fashion for so long that it's hard to believe it's about to make a comeback. But believe it, ...

Pro-Vatican Baroque featured big canvases, dramatic statues, and exuberant architecture. After a century of religious wars, pro-Vatican Baroque art featured big canvases, dramatic statues, exuberant ...

The world of the Baroque artist / Nigel Llewellyn -- Centres of Diplomatic Power, c. 1700 / Nigel Llewellyn -- Potosí : the silver mountain / Majorie Trusted -- The portrayal of absolutism / Nigel ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It's one of those words – baroque. It's like "surreal", an art label that came unstuck from its original situation, and acquired a ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. There are many ways in which to cut the gigantic wedding cake of the baroque. You can call it a cultural ...