Neo-baroque

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The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest
The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest

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, around the 17th-18th centuries. It is most frequently used to refer to music or architecture, but can also concern painting or the decorative arts.

[edit] Neo-Baroque architecture

Some examples of Neo-baroque architecture:

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
The foyer of the Paris Opera, built by Charles Garnier
The foyer of the Paris Opera, built by Charles Garnier

Some examples of composers living after the Baroque period who use or have used Baroque idioms or forms (such as extensive contrapuntal passages or fugues) in their works:

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  1. ^ " The Dancing Building, which Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic have described as "new Baroque", has divided opinion [...] ", in "Architect recalls genesis of Dancing Building as coffee table book published", by Ian Willoughby, 11-07-2003, online at The international service of Czech Radio