"Instead of the goopy Baroque or Venetian-style chandeliers with 20 colors, we're now seeing one color with maybe another color added on the details, " said Mr. Fuchs, who has written and illustrated "The Pattern Book of Lighting, " a guidebook to lighting that's out this month.

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While Martinez and Graham are modern artists, Gonzalez uses a 17th Century Baroque style to paint scenes of violence along the Mexico-US border.

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Trumpet players during the Baroque period (ca. 1600-1750) also developed a type of extremely high, melodic solo playing called clarino style.

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