Baroque

(Anglès)

Adj

From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

Name

1. A period in Western architecture, art, and music from c. 1600–1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.
2. The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bəˈɹɒk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb espanyol: barrueco

Cognat amb italià: barocco

In summary

Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

Conceptes

barroc

Barroc

barroquisme

Sinònims

baroque

Baroque era

Baroque period

Traduccions

barok

barocco

barroco

μπαρόκ

baroque

Barock

barok

barroca

باروكية

Baroque

barocus

barroco

Barroco

Barocco

Barok