By Taras Shevchenko m. II-25
The word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word "barroco", Spanish "barroco", or French "baroque", all of which refer to a pearl of irregular shape The founder of the Baroque in Italy was Michelangelo Buonarroti
Excellency Splendor Brightness of color Contrast Asymmetry of structures
St. Michael's Cathedral
Santa Susanna (Rome)
Writers and poets in the Baroque era perceive the real world as an illusion and a dream. Realistic descriptions often combined with their allegorical image. It is widely used in this age symbols, metaphors, theater techniques, graphics, antithesis, parallelism, graduation oxymoron.
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Ukrainian baroque architectural style as in Ukraine began to emerge in the 17th century. Baroque in Ukrainian lands represented in most church architecture, much less in the engraving and painting. Architecture played a dominant role and left the largest number of specific examples of the style in different regions.
St. Yurii cathedral in Lviv
Pochaevskaya lavra
Baroque in Ukraine is inspired the typical elements and local color that distinguishes it from the Baroque world. You should also understand the "Baroque in Ukraine" and "Ukrainian Baroque." Baroque in Ukraine - is made sights to order foreigners. Ukrainian Baroque or Cossack Baroque - emerged as a result of a combination of local architectural traditions and European baroque.