Baroque art countered rationalism by making knowledge’s incompleteness its value

Evidence

Baroque art was a reaction against the rationalist pretense ofpenetrating the mysteries of the known with one uniform and conclusive move. A baroque shudder, via this rerouting, set out to convey that alI knowledge is to corne and that this is what makes it of value. Baroque techniques, rnoreover, would favor “expansion” over “depth.” — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 427

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines baroque’s epistemic stance — its anti-rationalist rerouting and preference for expansion over depth — the key to its relation to creolization/detour.
• XREF: connects to: Baroque allegory confronts history as a petrified landscape of decline — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 358; Baroque uncertainty is grounded in relativized scientific knowledge of nature — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 433; Baroque heroism renounces essence-seeking closure in favor of infinite proliferation (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Baroque heroism renounces essence-seeking closure in favor of infinite proliferation #corroborates (0.85)
• Baroque allegory confronts history as a petrified landscape of decline #exemplifies (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 358
• Allegory suits the fragmented material world of baroque courts #exemplifies (0.80) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 317
• Baroque uncertainty is grounded in relativized scientific knowledge of nature #expands (0.78) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 433
• Art redeems existence precisely by not striving to attain being #corroborates (0.72)