baroque

Adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

• having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
  • the building...frantically baroque-William Dean Howells
    

Noun

• elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

• the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Baroque , churrigueresque , churrigueresco , baroqueness , Baroque era , Baroque period