baroque, in art and architecture: Early Baroque, c.1590–c.1625

The early style was preeminent under papal patronage in Rome where Carracci and Caravaggio and his followers diverged decisively from the artifice of the preceding mannerist painters (see mannerism). Bernini abandoned an early mannerism in his sculpture, allowing him to express a new naturalistic vigor. In architecture, Carlo Maderno's facades for Sta. Susanna and St. Peter's moved toward a more sculptural treatment of the classical orders.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Late Baroque, c.1660–c.1725
• High Baroque, c.1625–c.1660
• Early Baroque, c.1590–c.1625
• Divisions of the Baroque Period
• Baroque Architecture
• Baroque Sculpture
• Baroque Painting
• Bibliography

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