Mais dans ce théâtre où tout est décor, perdre son apparence c'est se perdre soi-même puisqu'on ne s'y soucie pas d'être, mais de paraître.
Baroque is a style characterized by dynamic movement, overt emotion and self-confident rhetoric…
The appeal of Baroque style turned consciously from the witty, intellectual qualities of 16th century Mannerist art to a visceral appeal aimed at the senses. It employed an iconography that was direct, simple, obvious, and dramatic…
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