Cartilage baroque denotes a stylistic period around the middle of the 17th-century in Northern Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and Germany. Dealing mainly with interior architecture, it marks the transition from High-Renaissance and Manierism to established Baroque, placing it during the years 1620-1660. Cartilage baroque draws heavily on established Renaissance forms, but gets its distinctive style from added ornamental elements, such as leaves and garlands, and a suppressed curvature resembling that of human ear cartilage.