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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Baroque (0.01525 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Baroque.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: baroque
baroque
adj : having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation;
“the
building...frantically baroque”-William Dean Howells
[syn:
churrigueresque,
churrigueresco]
n : elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and
architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th
century [syn:
baroqueness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Baroque
Baroque
\Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.)
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style
common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of
complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than
straight lines, and, in music a high degree of
embellishment.
[PJC]
2. Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad
taste; grotesque; odd.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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