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Francesco Milizia's Dizionario delle belle arti del disegno (1797) takes over this definition: Barocco è il superlativo del bizzarro, l'eccesso del ridicolo.
BAROQUE IN LITERATURE REN 1968
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[26] Mai fù visto il più carnale homo; l'hama questa madona Lucrezia in superlativo gradu.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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