Carved into the honey-hued exterior of the Basilica di Santa Croce, the stone figures kneel in a line from one side of the wall to the other ... to exemplify the Baroque era.

The site was used as military barracks and various internment camps before being converted into a prison, officials said.

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They display specific features such as retablos (altars) of high Baroque style – (particularly seen in San Agustin Church, Intramuros), in the volutes of contrafuertes (buttresses) and in the ...

The Bohorodchany Iconostasis hung on this wall. Kasia Strek The Bohorodchany ... regarded by many scholars as the greatest example of Baroque-era religious art in Central Europe: the Bohorodchany ...

On the market for £21.5 million (about $27.7 million), the English Baroque abode—originally ... along with a solar clock and a slew of other period details. Step inside, and the warm sense ...

It was here that the Italian Baroque painter developed a distinctive pictorial language that achieved narrative depth and psychological complexity through a striking interplay of shadow and light.

The Baroque era is from about 1600 to 1750, and includes some well-known classical artists like Bach and Vivaldi. “There’s such a wide variety of Baroque music … but most of it is about ...