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    Baroque Architecture Is A Highly Decorative and Theatrical Style Which Appeared in Italy in The Early 17th Century and Gradually Spread Across Europe

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    Baroque architecture originated in Italy in the early 17th century and was adopted by the Catholic Church to inspire awe and combat the Protestant Reformation through dramatic and highly decorative designs. It spread across Europe in the 17th-18th centuries, incorporating elements like domes, colonnades, sculpted figures, and trompe l'oeil painting to draw the eye upward. The style reached its peak in the High Baroque period before evolving into more elaborate regional variants like Rococo in the Late Baroque era.

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    Baroque Architecture Is A Highly Decorative and Theatrical Style Which Appeared in Italy in The Early 17th Century and Gradually Spread Across Europe

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    Baroque architecture originated in Italy in the early 17th century and was adopted by the Catholic Church to inspire awe and combat the Protestant Reformation through dramatic and highly decorative designs. It spread across Europe in the 17th-18th centuries, incorporating elements like domes, colonnades, sculpted figures, and trompe l'oeil painting to draw the eye upward. The style reached its peak in the High Baroque period before evolving into more elaborate regional variants like Rococo in the Late Baroque era.

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    Baroque architecture originated in Italy in the early 17th century and was adopted by the Catholic Church to inspire awe and combat the Protestant Reformation through dramatic and highly decorative designs. It spread across Europe in the 17th-18th centuries, incorporating elements like domes, colonnades, sculpted figures, and trompe l'oeil painting to draw the eye upward. The style reached its peak in the High Baroque period before evolving into more elaborate regional variants like Rococo in the Late Baroque era.

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    Baroque Architecture Is A Highly Decorative and Theatrical Style Which Appeared in Italy in The Early 17th Century and Gradually Spread Across Europe

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    Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in

    the early 17th 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. It
    reached its peak in the High Baroque (1625–1675), when it was used in churches and
    palaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, and Austria. In the Late Baroque period
    (1675–1750), it reached as far as Russia and the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin
    America, Beginning in about 1730, an even more elaborately decorative variant called
    Rococo appeared and flourished in Central Europe.[1][2]

    Baroque architects took the basic elements of Renaissance architecture, including domes
    and colonnades, and made them higher, grander, more decorated, and more dramatic.
    The interior effects were often achieved with the use of Quadratura, or trompe-l'oeil
    painting combined with sculpture; The eye is drawn upward, giving the illusion that one
    is looking into the heavens. Clusters of sculpted angels and painted figures crowd the
    ceiling. Light was also used for dramatic effect; it streamed down from cupolas, and was
    reflected from an abundance of gilding. Twisted columns were also often used, to give
    an illusion of upwards motion, and cartouches and other decorative elements occupied
    every available space. In Baroque palaces, grand stairways became a central element.[3]

    The Early Baroque (1584–1625) was largely dominated by the work of Roman architects,
    notably the Church of the Gesù by Giacomo della Porta (consecrated 1584) facade and
    colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderno (completed 1612) and the lavish
    Barberini Palace interiors by Pietro da Cortona (1633–1639). Church of the Gesù by
    Giacomo della Porta (consecrated 1584), interior, and Santa Susanna (1603), by Carlo
    Maderno. In France, the Luxembourg Palace (1615–45) built by Salomon de Brosse for
    Marie de Medici was an early example of the style.[4]

    The High Baroque (1625–1675) produced major works in Rome by Pietro da Cortona,
    including the (Church of Santi Luca e Martina) (1635–50); by Francesco Borromini (San
    Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634–1646)) ; and by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (The colonnade
    of St. Peter's Basilica) (1656–57). In Venice, High Baroque works included Santa Maria
    della Salute by Baldassare Longhena. Examples in France included the Pavillon de
    l’Horloge of the Louvre Palace by Jacques Lemercier (1624–1645), the Chapel of the
    Sorbonne by Jacques Lemercier (1626–35) and the Château de Maisons by François
    Mansart (1630–1651)

    The Late Baroque (1675–1750) saw the style spread to all parts of Europe, and to the
    colonies of Spain and Portugal in the New World. National styles became more varied
    and distinct. The Late Baroque in France, under Louis XIV, was more ordered and classical;
    examples included the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles and the dome of Les
    Invalides. An especially ornate variant, appeared in the early 18th century; it was first
    called Rocaille in France; then Rococo in Spain and Central Europe. The sculpted and
    painted decoration covering every space on the walls and ceiling. Its most celebrated
    architect was Balthasar Neumann, noted for the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
    and the Wurzburg Residence (1749–51)[5] Another 18th century variant was Lutheran
    Baroque art, exemplified by Dresden Frauenkirche (1726–1743)

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