When1: 1600
When2: 1750
Who: Baroque
What: art period
Where: Italy/Germany
Detail: Baroque began in Rome, spread to Italy, went to Germany, and then got to France and England. Baroque painting, but not architecture nor sculpture, spread to Flanders, Holland, and Spain. Baroque is anti-classical, actively relates sculpture to setting, and features putti cherubs, concave and convex surfaces, and elastic forms.
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