Key Takeaways. Key Points. Baroque sculpture attempted to capture dynamic movement of human figures, spiraling around an empty central vortex or reaching outwards into the surrounding space . Baroque sculpture was meant to be viewed from all angles and displayed centrally, rather than against a wall. read more
Traditional Baroque sculpture typically had two outstanding characteristics. Firstly, it was technically perfect. The skill of the Baroque sculptors constituted a true virtuosity in, for example, rendering the appearance of human skin according to whether the subject was man or woman, old or young. read more
Baroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque cultural movement of the period between the early 17th and late 18th centuries. In Baroque sculpture, groups of figures assumed new importance, and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human forms—they spiralled around an empty central vortex, or reached outwards into the surrounding space. read more
Baroque art and architecture, the visual arts and building design and construction produced during the era in the history of Western art that roughly coincides with the 17th century. read more