Taken literally, the term means"irregular" and is applied generally to the dynamic and undisciplined artistic creativity of the seventeenth century

It symbolized the emerging power of the new monarchies. It was likely to exhibit some combination of power, massiveness, or dramatic intensity, embellished with pageantry, color, and theatrical adventure

strong perspective effects

dramatic color

dramatic light and dark (chiaroscuro and tenebrism)

movement of figures (especially upwards)

UNBALANCE, ASYMMETRY