Girl with a Pearl Earring by Jan Vermeer Van Delft
This period in art history saw the development of a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including the Iberian Peninsula this style continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 1800s.
Some of the qualities most frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, emotional exuberance, and a tendency to blur distinctions between the various arts.
The 10 greatest painters of the Baroque period were
The 10 greatest paintings of the Renaissance period were: