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Barocchio
[bah-rawk-kyaw]
Barocchio
/ baˈrɔkkjo /
noun
Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo) See Vignola
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The term baroque owes its origin to the Spanish word barrueco or berrueco, an imperfectly round pearl, and is not derived from the architect Barocchio, whose name so much resembles it.
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Yet it is curious that it was much used to describe a debased form of architecture encouraged by the Jesuits whose church in Rome was built by Barocchio.
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