The Venetian Black Nobility and Baroque ROBERT SEPEHR

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and dance that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the mid18th century. It followed the Renaissance style with great innovations in dance originating at the French court under Louis 14th, where we see the first clear stylistic ancestor of classical ballet. Baroque means irregular in French, and is said to originate from the Portuguese word barroco meaning imperfect pearl, like the irregular shaped pearl that was used in the jewelry of the time. Atlantis, Inner Earth, Ancient Occult Mysteries Although celebrating traditions with masquerade balls has been around since the 14th century and all throughout the era of the Renaissance; masked balls did not come to Europe until the 17th century. Louis XIV was a major influence in the development and promotion of Baroque dance. Ancient History, Esoteric