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· The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Dance
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· The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Fashion
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· The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Music
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· The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Visual Arts
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The word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word `barocco', meaning irregular pearl. Until nineteenth century the word baroque was used mostly as a fancy synonym for `absurd' and `grotesque'. The...
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Towards the middle of the 18th century, the final episode of the Baroque period drew near and with this came the emergence of a new era; the Classical period. The early stages of the 18th century saw ...
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Vienna (dpa) - A man charged with the theft of a priceless 500-
year-old baroque Saliera salt-cellar was sentenced to five years
imprisonment Tuesday in Austria's most spect...
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"Handel is closer to us than many composers who came along years later," William Christie said as we were having coffee in the lobby of the Carlyle. He was in town with Les Arts Florissants, his ce...
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A few years back, Robert Hughes, former art critic for Time magazine and Goya biographer, wrote that sculptor Martin Puryear (b. 1941) was America’s greatest living artist, and damned if Mr. ...
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This is what’s missing from so many of the restaurants I’ve been to lately: the feminine touch. Donatella Arpaia is the consummate gracious hostess. Tall and striking, with a mane of st...
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This is what’s missing from so many of the restaurants I’ve been to lately: the feminine touch. Donatella Arpaia is the consummate gracious hostess. Tall and striking, with a mane of st...
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Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - At first sight Walter and Wagner look like
any other youngsters from the poor neighbourhood of Surucucu in
Niteroi, a sad suburb of Rio de Janeiro.
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Hamburg (dpa) - Gilded chairs, ornate commodes and wardrobes with
inlay were once common among wealthy and noble families who prized
expensive furniture.
Indi...
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The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Architecture and Design
Baroque Style
Five years for theft of baroque salt-cellar
