The story of baroque architecture
Zanlungo, Claudia2012
Book
Originating in the late sixteenth century and continuing to the early 1900s, Baroque swept the globe, from Europe to South America. The period is distinguished by complex architectural shapes designed to heighten emotion and dramatise experience. Buildings from this period are celebrated for their grandeur, intricate embellishments, and gilded statary. Renowned Baroque architects include Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, and Guariono Guarini.
Main title:
The story of baroque architecture / Claudia Zanlungo, Daniela Tarabra ; translation: Bridget Mason.
Edition:
English edition.
Imprint:
Munich : Prestel, [2012], c2012.Munich : Prestel, [2012]©2012.
Collation:
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Original edition: Milan : Mondadori Electa SpA, 2012.Includes index.Translated from the Italian.
Contents:
Introduction -- Piazzas as urban backdrops -- Baroque churches -- Staircases -- Theatres -- The Baroque garden -- Rome: the birth of Baroque -- Bernini the architect -- Francesco Borromini -- Sant'lvo ala Sapienza -- Baroque in Italy -- Baldassare Longhena -- Santa Maria della Salute -- Guarino Guarini -- San Lorenzo -- Naples -- Lecce -- Sicily -- The spread of Baroque -- France -- Saint-Louis-des-Invalides -- Hotels particuliers -- The French garden -- Versailles -- Central Europe -- Russian Baroque -- England -- Christopher Wren: churches -- St Paul's Cathedral -- The Royal hospital -- Chatsworth House -- Spain -- Portugal -- From Baroque to Rococo -- Theatres -- Libraries -- Exoticism -- Rococo in Italy -- Rome: scenographic city architecture -- The Trevi fountain -- Turin: a European capital -- The Basilica di Superga -- Naples -- The Royal Palace of Caserta -- Late Baroque Sicily -- Noto Cathedral -- The spread of Rococo -- The Hapsburg empire: a state art -- Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach -- Belvedere Palace -- The Abbeys of Jacob Prandthauer -- Melk Abbey -- Prague and Moravia -- Church of St Nicholas -- Plague Columns -- Berlin: a new capital -- Sanssouci -- Dresden: city of wonders -- The Zwinger Palace -- The Triumph of Rococo: Bavaria -- The Asam Brothers -- St John Nepomuceno -- The imperial residence -- Augustusburg -- Balthasar Neumann -- The Wurzburg residence -- St Petersburg: the invention of a capital -- The Peterhof Palace -- Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli -- Catherine Palace -- England -- Portugal -- Spain -- The Transparente altarpiece -- Latin America.
ISBN:
9783791345956
Dewey class:
724.16
Language:
EnglishItalian
Added title:
BRN:
205610
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