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  1. Spanish Baroque is a strand of Baroque architecture that evolved in Spain, its provinces, and former colonies . History. The development of the style passed through three phases. Between 1680 and 1720, the Churriguera popularized Guarini 's blend of Solomonic columns and Composite order, known as the "supreme order".

  2. Spanish Baroque was noted for its distinctive style, as a somber and, even sometimes, gloomy mood prevailed in Spanish culture. The Eighty Year War (1568-1648) where the Spanish sought unsuccessfully to maintain control of the Netherlands, and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) where the Spanish Armada, attempting to invade England, was defeated ...

  3. Nov 21, 2023 · Spanish Baroque Architecture is a very elaborate architectural style that began in Italy in the late 16th century. It has Renaissance influences but is done on a larger scale, almost...

  4. May 6, 2024 · Baroque art and architecture, the visual arts and construction in Western art that roughly coincide with the 17th century. Though stylistically complex, even contradictory, the qualities frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, and emotional exuberance.

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  5. Spain - Architecture, Gothic, Baroque: Antoni Gaudí was the most famous Spanish architect as well as one of the most unusual architects of the early 20th century. Through an eclectic approach, he created a unique style reminiscent of the Mudéjar, an architectural style blending Muslim and Christian design. Despite Gaudí’s posthumous ...

  6. Baroque architecture, architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions until the 18th century. It had its origins in the Counter-Reformation, when the Catholic Church launched an overtly emotional and sentimental appeal to the faithful through art and architecture.

  7. Apr 27, 2023 · Late Baroque work, which emerged in the mid to late 18th century, is often referred to as Rococo style—or Churrigueresque in Spain and Spanish America.

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