Reading Reponse 7: Baroque Architecture

" Renaissance buildings existed to be admired in its splendid isolated perfection. The Baroque building can only be grasped through one's experiencing it in a variety of effects...Baroque unity is achieved- at the expense of the clearly defined elements- through the subordination of the individual elements to invigorate the world. Baroque space is independent and alive- it flows and leads to dramatic culminations"

                                                                                                    HENRY A. MILLON
                                                                                            Baroque and Rococo Architecture, 1961


     Baroque Architecture began in the late sixteenth century  Italy. Baroque architecture is often characterized by elaborate, grandiose, and ambiguous in nature. In fact, Baroque architecture was deliberately made complex ( Roth,p. 398). Another principle associated with Baroque architecture is a sense of movement.


Early Baroque Architecture first emerged through the works on the Saint Peters Basilica, Vatican City, by the architect Carlo Maderno.

St. Peter's Basilica, Vitican City

•  Outter Facade- cornitium orders apear to be symmetrical
• Statue of St. Peter and St Paul 

St. Peter's Basilica, Vitican City

•  Large play on light 
• inner facade use of broader nave
• Ornate decor                                                           

 

Church of Gesu

• first truly baroque facade  
• Scroll design give movement
• Ornate entrance

                  



 Late Baroque Architecture

Church of Vierzehnheiligen, Germany

Church of Vierzehnheiligen, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•   Last building to adhere to Baroque principles   
•  external facade dramatic central projection   

  




      

• Inertior is a palatte for art work
• Large-scale ceiling frescoes
•  Dome ceiling

NEO- BAROQUE

Sadly, architecture today is not influenced on Baroque. I found that Baroque style is more influential in furniture and interior design. I was able to find a picture of a twentieth century Baroque influenced building. I love the mix of modern technology infused with the classic form of the Baroque architecture.

Chicago theater, Chicago, Illinois, 1920

Resources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture
• http://www.learn.columbia.edu/ha/html/baroque.html
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Vatican-StPierre-Int%C3%A9rieur1.jpg
• http://0.tqn.com/d/goitaly/1/0/r/3/-/-/st-peters-basilica.jpg
• http://www.vierzehnheiligen.eu/de/vBilder/basilika_001.jpg
• http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1600&bih=1005&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=xbfVjQTVbeF4DM:&imgrefurl=http://www.lessing-photo.com/search.asp%3Fa%3DL%26lc%3D2020202063A4%26ln%3DChurch%252C%2BVierzehnheiligen%252C%2BGermany%26p%3D1&docid=3XA-db0JCZBWnM&imgurl=http://www.lessing-photo.com/p2/150407/15040741.jpg&w=245&h=330&ei=8uFLT8mMD8S4twfPgpHvAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=515&vpy=128&dur=2659&hovh=261&hovw=193&tx=98&ty=147&sig=112019385053359004504&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=114&start=0&ndsp=42&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0
• http://www.frontdoor.com/city-guide/chicago-architecture/pictures/pg169
• Roth, L.M, Understanding Architecture4th ed, 2007