1765, from French baroque (15c.) "irregular," from Portuguese barroco "imperfect pearl," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Spanish berruca "a wart."
This style in decorations got the epithet of Barroque taste, derived from a word signifying pearls and teeth of unequal size. [Fuseli's translation of Winkelmann, 1765]
Klein suggests the name may be from Italian painter Federigo Barocci (1528-1612), a founder of the style. How to tell baroque from rococo, according to Fowler: "The characteristics of baroque are grandeur, pomposity, and weight; those of rococo are inconsequence, grace, and lightness." But the two terms often used without distinction for styles featuring odd and excessive ornamentation.
实用例句
1. The baroque church of San Leonardo is worth a quick look.
圣莱昂纳多的巴洛克式教堂值得一看。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes.
他是个巴罗克式的人物，衣着华丽但又不失优雅。
来自柯林斯例句
3. the baroque frontage of Milan Cathedral
米兰大教堂巴罗克风格的正面
来自《权威词典》
4. The baroque style is rich in ornament.
巴罗克风格极具装饰性.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. A more widespread interest in baroque music developed only slowly in the Sixties and Seventies.
