"The Baroque refers not to an essence but rather to an operative 
function, to a trait. It endlessly produces folds. It does not invent 
things: there are all kinds of folds coming from the East, Greek, Roman,
 Romanesque, Gothic, Classical folds... Yet the Baroque trait twists and
 turns its folds, pushing them to infinity, fold over fold, one upon the
 other." (Deleuze)