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The following is a list of examples of various types of Baroque architecture since its origins. Building Picture Location Date Architect(s) St Peter's Basilica:
Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe. The style took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and the absolutist state in defiance of the Reformation.
Pages in category "Baroque architecture in India" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Baroque architecture in India (1 C, 10 P) Bengali architecture ... Gothic Revival architecture in India (1 C, 18 P) H. Hindu architecture (3 C, 21 P) I.
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]
By the time of Tughlaqs Islamic architecture in India had adopted some features of earlier Indian architecture, such as the use of a high plinth, [84] and often mouldings around its edges, as well as columns and brackets and hypostyle halls. [85] After the death of Firoz the Tughlaqs declined, and the following Delhi dynasties were weak.
Baroque architecture in the United Kingdom (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Baroque architecture by country" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Persia and Central Asia Khurasani architecture (Late 7th–10th century) Razi Style (10th–13th century) Samanid Period (10th c.) Ghaznawid Period (11th c.) Saljuk Period (11th–12th c.) Mongol Period (13th c.) Timurid Style (14th–16th c.) Isfahani Style (17th–19th c.) Islamic (influenced) architecture in South Asia