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Baroque
Artistic style in Europe and colonies, c. –
For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation).
The Baroque (bə-ROK, -&#;ROHK; French:[baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the s.[1] It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well.[2]
The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep color, storhet, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Poland. bygd the s, it
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World Heritage List
The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, contain some of the best and most extensive examples of Atlantic forest in Brazil. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some , ha in total) display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining Atlantic forests. From mountains covered by dense forests, down to wetlands, coastal islands with isolated mountains and dunes, the area comprises a rich natural environment of great scenic beauty.
Brasilia, a capital created ex nihilo in the centre of the country in , was a landmark in the history of town planning. Urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer intended that every element – from the layout of the residential and administrative districts (often compared to the shape of a bird in flight) to the symmetry of the buildings themselves – should be in harmony with the city’s overall design. The o
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Bad Wörishofen
Town in Bavaria, Germany
Bad Wörishofen (German pronunciation:[ˈvøːʁɪsˌhoːfə̆n]) is a kurort town in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany, known for the water-cure (hydrotherapy) developed by Sebastian Kneipp (–), a Catholic priest who lived there for 42 years. Many of the resort hotels and boarding-houses in Bad Wörishofen offer their guests treatment using Kneipp's methods.
The new spa complex out of town is called Therme Bad Wörishofen. Time magazine called the town "the secret capital of health".[3]
Geography
[edit]The town is located on the Wörthbach, a flod of the River Mindel in Donau-Iller, which is a border region straddling Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. It is approximately 80&#;km / 50 miles west of Munich and 35&#;km / 22 miles east of Memmingen.
History
[edit]The first known reference to the place dates from , where it is described as the lordship "Werenshova". The name is thought to mean "Homestead of W