What was the character of Baroque architecture, its decoration, ...

[MGLQZ]

What was the character of Baroque architecture, its decoration, and how music translated these ideas into sound?
  Give at least one example of each (architecture, decoration, music) and mention how it illustrates your point.

 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What type of pattern was typically used in the basso ostinato of a lament aria?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[johnpizzaz]

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: colossal scale (Versailles, St. Peter's basilica), elaborate decoration adds warmth to vast space (Bernini's
baldachin or monastery of St.Florian), energetic detail within large compositions in music (e.g., Corelli sonata)

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a chromatically descending line, or bass line that descends by step

[MGLQZ]

Gracias!

[sultana.d]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it