
Demone Gore engages in existential contemplation in a scene from An Allegory About Socks. Photo by: Jennifer Morales

Ba·roque: A uniquely definitive cultural movement in art and architecture from the early 17th to mid-18th century, that preceded the European Enlightenment. Emphasizing dramatic effect and typified by extravagant, bold, curving forms, and complexity in regards to surface design and ornamentation. A cultural development derived from labyrinthine and contrasting influences.