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Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. [1]
It is in the Baroque style, but it is a very controlled and English sort of Baroque in which Wren creates surprising and dramatic spatial effects, particularly in his use of the dome, which, like Brunelleschi's dome in Florence, spans not only the nave but also the aisles, opening the whole centre of the church into a vast light space.
Church of the Gesu: Rome, Italy 1568–1580 Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo della Porta: Santa Susanna: Rome, Italy 1585–1603 Carlo Maderno: Saints Peter and Paul Church: Kraków, Poland 1597–1619 Giovanni Maria Bernardoni, Giovanni Trevano: Wallenstein Palace: Prague, Czech Republic 1623–1630
The Baroque architecture period began with the creation of the basilica with crossed dome and nave.One of the first Roman structures to move away from the Mannerist conventions, like the Church of the Gesù, was the church of Church of Saint Susanna, designed by Carlo Maderno in 1596.
Loboc Church, Bohol. The Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) is included in UNESCO's tentative list for World Heritage Site. This proposed extension expands the existing World Heritage Site 677 by adding five churches that showcase the local interpretation of Baroque architecture. [19] These churches are the following: [20]
The major innovation of French Baroque religious architecture was the introduction of the cupola or dome over the central nave, a style imported from the Italian Baroque. The dome of the Church of the Gesù in Rome, by Giacomo della Porta (1568–1584) served as the prototype.
A remarkable convergence of Spanish, French and Dutch Baroque aesthetics may be seen in the Abbey of Averbode (1667). Another characteristic example is the Church of St. Michel at Louvain (1650–70), with its exuberant two-storey façade, clusters of half-columns, and the complex aggregation of French-inspired sculptural detailing.
Baroque Revival architecture in New York (state) (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Baroque Revival architecture in the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.