Baroque and rococo architecture

Baroque and Rococo Architecture

Baroque – often thought of as a period of artistic style that used

exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur.

– The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of Europe

– encouraged by the Catholic Church during Counter Reformation against Protestant Reformation

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Two most popular types of Architectural commission

– Palaces – Churches

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Features of Baroque Architecture

Spiral Columns

Exterior Feature Dome

Rounded Arches

Curved lines

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Interior Feature Painted ceiling

Painted in real goldHighly

decorated walls

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Other features– Floor Plan

Those typical of Baroque architecture were the ellipse or the oval, or far more complex schemes derived from complicated geometrical figures.

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Early baroque (ca. 1600-25)

Saint Peter’s Basilica,

Vatican City

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High Baroque (ca. 1625-75)

The Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale,

designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

San Carlo alle Quattro FontaneBy Francesco Borromini

ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE

ROCOCO………………………………….…………………An artistic style of the 18th century characterized by fanciful curved asymmetrical forms and elaborate ornamentation.

Lavish style combined the

delicacy of French rocaille with Italian

barocco, or Baroque,

"Late Baroque"

Hermitage Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia

Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia

Wieskirche in Bavaria

EXAMPLES OF ROCOCO ARCHITECTURES

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FEATURESOF ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE

ELABORATE CURVESAND SCROLLSArchitectural style of Rococo include numerous curves as well as scrolls that resemble ‘S’ and ‘C’.

ROCAILLEOrnaments shaped like shells and plants.

ACANTHUS LEAFone of the basic motifs of Rococo design.

ASYMMETRY

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LIGHT, PASTEL COLORS

Church of Il Gesù (Rome, 1584)

BRIEF HISTORY

Hospicio de San Fernando (Madrid,

1722)

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Beginning of the Baroque and the end of the Rococo.

SHIFT FROM THE CLASSICAL TO THE EXPRESSIONISTIC

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BAROQUE ROCOCO

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