baroque

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In Valentino by Alessandro Michele, they used Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi as inspiration, according to Vogue, and the “Killing of a Sacred Elmo” vibes were in your face, in a good way.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

If Artemisia’s dramatic images announced her admiration for Caravaggio’s innovations, her dramatic personal history rivaled that of the bad boy of the Baroque, although, unlike him, she didn’t murder anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But when he returned to the fish form 30 years later, Mcleod said, “they started to become actually Baroque, so that’s kind of neat to see that evolution.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Her latest black comedy takes the viewer on a tour of Vienna's Baroque architecture and cobbled streets, as well into the provinces of the Habsburg Empire.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

A music stand in his classroom held sheet music, early Baroque pieces, mostly.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides