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Main Baroque painters were: [[Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio]], The [[Carracci]] Family (Agostino, Annibale and their cousin Ludovico), [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Jan Vermeer]], [[José de Ribera]], [[Francisco de Zurbaran]], [[Diego Velázquez]], [[Bartolome Murillo]], [[Josefa de Óbidos]] and [[Frans Hals]]. These painters used exaggerated motion, space, detail and chiaroscuro. This style shows also solidity and grandeur.

Main Baroque painters were: [[Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio]], The [[Carracci]] Family (Agostino, Annibale and their cousin Ludovico), [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Jan Vermeer]], [[José de Ribera]], [[Francisco de Zurbaran]], [[Diego Velázquez]], [[Bartolome Murillo]], [[Josefa de Óbidos]] and [[Frans Hals]]. These painters used exaggerated motion, space, detail and chiaroscuro. This style shows also solidity and grandeur.

The Baroque period is also known for a great expansion in classical music.  During this period, the piano became more prominent and began to replace the harpsichord as an orchestral instrument.  Baroque composers include GF Handel, Vivaldi, and Johann Sebastian Bach, who represents the ultimate in Baroque music.

The Baroque period is also known for a great expansion in classical music.  During this period, the piano became more prominent and began to replace the harpsichord as an orchestral instrument.  Baroque composers include George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Johann Sebastian Bach. The period is characterized by tiered [[dynamics]] and the introduction of the Italian form (for the [[concerto]]) and the [[Sonata]] form (as a widely adopted musical organizational structure).

== See also ==

== See also ==