Baroque architecture
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Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy,
took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and
used it in a new rhetorical, theatrical, sculptural fashion,
expressing the triumph of absolutist church and state. New
architectural concerns for color, light and shade, sculptural values
and intensity characterize the Baroque.
Precursors and features of Baroque architecture
Michelangelo's late Roman buildings, particularly St. Peter's
Basilica, may be considered precursors of baroque architecture, as
the design of the latter achieves a colossal unity that was
previously unknown. His pupil Giacomo della Porta continued this
work in Rome, particularly in the facade of the Jesuit church Il
Gesu, which leads directly to the most important church facade of
the early baroque, Santa Susanna by Carlo Maderno. In the 17th
century, the baroque style spread through Europe and Latin America,
where it was particularly promoted by the Jesuits. |
Important features of baroque architecture:Long, narrow naves are replaced by broader, occasionally circular
forms, dramatic use of light, either strong light-and-shade
contrasts, chiaroscuro effects (e.g. church of Weltenburg Abbey), or
uniform lighting by means of several windows (e.g. church of
Weingarten Abbey), opulent use of ornaments (puttos made of wood
(often gilded), plaster or stucco, marble or faux marbling),
large-scale ceiling frescoes, the external facade is often
characterized by a dramatic central projection, the interior is
often no more than a shell for painting and sculpture (especially in
the late baroque), illusory effects like trompe l'oeil and the
blending of painting and architecture, in the Bavarian, Czech,
Polish, and Ukrainian baroque, pear domes are ubiquitous
In Italy and FranceThe sacred architecture of the baroque was mainly influenced by
Italy, especially Rome and the paradigm of the basilica with crossed
dome and nave. The centre of baroque secular architecture was
France, where the open three wing layout of the palace was
established as the canonical solution as early as the 16th century.
But it was the Palais du Luxembourg (built 1615-1620) by Salomon de
Brosse that established the paradigm of baroque architecture.
For the first time, the Corps des Logis was emphasized as the
representative main part of the building, while the side wings were
lower. The tower has been completely replaced by the central
projection. The next step of development was the integration of the
gardens in the composition of the palace, as is exemplified by
Vaux-le-Vicomte (built 1656 - 1661) near Paris, where the architect
Louis Le Vau and the gardener André Le Nôtre complemented each
other. The same two artists scaled this concept to monumental
proportions in the royal hunting lodge and later main residence of
Palace of Versailles (extended 1661 - 1690). Versailles was the
model of many other European residences including Mannheim,
Nordkirchen, and Caserta, among others.In Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthThe first baroque church in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the
Corpus Christi Church in Niasvizh, Belarus (1587). It also holds a
distinction of being the first domed basilica with Baroque facade in
the world and the first baroque piece of art in Eastern Europe.
In the early 17th century, the Baroque style spread over the
Commonwealth. Important baroque churches include the Waza Chapel in
the Wawel Cathedral, the SS. Peter and Paul, St. Anna and the
Wizytek church in Kraków, SS. Peter and St. Paul church, St
Casimir's Chapel and St Casimir's Church in Vilnius, Pažaislis
monastery in Kaunas the Dominican and St George Church in Lwów, the
Jesuit church in Poznań, the Xavier cathedral in Hrodno, the Royal
Chapel in Gdańsk, and last but not least the Święta Lipka in
Masuria. In Warsaw, which before WW2 was filled with Baroque
residences, churches and houses, and where Tylman van Gameren was
active, survived few important buildings - Wilanów Palace, Krasiński
Palace, Bernardines church in Czerniaków and Late-baroque Wizytek
church.
Architects such as Jan Krzysztoff Glaubitz were instrumental in
forming the so-called distinctive "Vilnius Baroque" style, which
spread throughout the region.
By the end of the century, Polish baroque influences crossed the
Dnieper into the Cossack Hetmanate, where they gave birth to a
particular style of Orthodox architecture, known as the Cossack
baroque. Such was its popular appeal that every medieval church in
Kiev and the Left-Bank Ukraine was redesigned according to the
newest fashion. |
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