Neo-baroque
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Neo-baroque is a term used to describe artistic creations which display important aspects of Baroque style, but are not from the Baroque period proper. This can concern music, architecture, painting, and the decorative arts, but is most frequently used to refer to music or architecture.
[edit] Neo-Baroque architecture
Some examples of Neo-baroque architecture:
- The Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan
- The Alferaki Palace in Taganrog, Russia
- The Ashton Memorial in Lancaster, England
- The Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- The Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany
- The Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Danmark
- The Cluj-Napoca National Theatre in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- The Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
- The Palais Garnier (also known as the Paris Opera) in Paris, France
- The Semper Oper in Dresden, Germany
- The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest, Hungary
- The former royal palace, today the National Art Gallery of Bulgaria in Sofia, Bulgaria
There are also number of post-modern buildings in a style that might be called "Baroque" – for example The Dancing House in Prague by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry, who have described it as "new Baroque".[1]
[edit] Neo-baroque music
- See also Neoclassicism in music
Some examples of composers living after the Baroque period who use or have used Baroque idioms or forms (such as counterpoint or fugues) in their works:
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German
- Hendrik Bouman (1951–), Dutch
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), German
- Elodie Lauten (1950–), French born, later an American citizen
- Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), Polish
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), German
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Austrian
- Giorgio Pacchioni (1947–), Italian
- Max Reger (1873–1916), German
- Peter Schickele (1935–), American, under the pseudonym P. D. Q. Bach (1807-1742), by way of parody
- Hugo Distler German
- Johanna Senfter (1879-1961), German
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Russian
- Michael Starke (composer) (1955–), American
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian
[edit] See also
| Revival styles in 19th-century architecture | |
|---|---|
| Neo-Classicism: | Directoire and Empire • Regency • Egyptian Revival • Greek Revival and Neo-Grec |
| Neo-Romanesque and Byzantine Revival: | Richardsonian Romanesque • Russo-Byzantine • Muscovite Revival |
| Gothic Revival: | Scottish Baronial • Tudorbethan • Moorish Revival • Indo-Saracenic |
| Neo-Renaissance: | Italianate • Second Empire • Châteauesque • Jacobethan |
| Neo-Baroque and 18th century: | Beaux-Arts • Wrenaissance • Queen Anne • Georgian Revival • Colonial Revival |
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