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May 6, 2024 · Baroque art and architecture, the visual arts and building design and construction produced during the era in the history of Western art that roughly coincides with the 17th century.
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May 16, 2024 · Baroque architecture, known for its grandeur and opulence, is a richly decorative and intricate style that emerged in Italy in the early 17th century. It quickly captivated Europe and became the first visual style to leave a significant global mark, thriving throughout the continent for over a century.
1 day ago · The Baroque (UK: / b ə ˈ r ɒ k / bə-ROK, US: /-ˈ r oʊ k /- ROHK; French:) or Baroquism is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
- 17th–18th centuries
May 14, 2024 · Baroque architecture is well known for its opulence, flair, dramatic lighting and colour. Baroque architecture is a more thespian version of Renaissance architecture only with more dramatic colour, lighting, illusionary effects like trompe l'oeil, and designs with architectural features.
4 days ago · Architecture and plan Plan of the main floor (c. 1837, with north to the right), showing the Hall of Mirrors in red, the Hall of Battles in green, the Royal Chapel in yellow, and the Royal Opera in blue. The Palace of Versailles is a visual history of French architecture from the 1630s to the 1780s.
- 1661
- Versailles, France
- Government of France
1 day ago · The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.
