The baroque art is best described with the word drama. The Baroque period is the period c.1590-1720, that embraced painting, and sculpture as well as architecture. The Baroque art above all reflected the religious tensions of the age - notably the desire of the Catholic Church in Rome. The Baroque style is characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture , painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music.
