tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096739.post114425692974337217..comments2023-11-03T06:31:07.882-04:00Comments on Cahiers de Corey: The Post-Modernist BaroqueAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06846875103765617419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096739.post-1144348502154492642006-04-06T14:35:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:35:00.000-04:00Some definitions of "baroque." (I think they owe ...Some definitions of "baroque." (I think they owe something to Asor Rosa.)<BR/><BR/>"Baroque" comes from "barrueco," the Portuguese name of an irregularly shaped freshwater pearl —> things irregular, rough, asymmetrical, can be beautiful too. (cp the neoclassical ideal)<BR/><BR/>The Baroque Age roughly coincides with Copernicus, the discovery of America, the Protestant Reformation. All of these involving a decentering of the world, an imbalance. Hence baroque's love of twists and doublings (in plots, and, most obviously, in columns).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com