Baroque architecture outside Italy
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Italian | English |
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 Guarino Guarini, Chapel of the Santissima Sindone, Turin 1667-1690, view of the dome |  Guarini was a priest -- Philosophy -- Geometry, mathematics -- Went to Rome--and then Turin Holy shroud Hard to enter the building But once entered, the dome is very complicated Based on series of flattened ries bowls -- Diminish in size, stacked one over another -- Each frame contains opens; creates transparency -- Temple-like false windows/niches -- Drom is supported by three arches, which supports a dome--with a lantern at the top |
| Guarino Guarini, Palazzo Carignano, Turin 1679 (begun) |  A palace built for a member of the Savoy house Imposing façade on the square -- Not covered by plaster, because of lack of money -- Curve-linear façade -- Double curve |
| Filippo Juvarra, Superga, Turin 1717-1731, external view and the dome |  Duke of Savoy became a kingdom King hired Juvarra, from Sicily, worked in Rome; worked a lot in Turin Superga is a church -- Copy of Pantheon: shows classicism -- -- Circular -- -- Dome -- -- Pronaos -- -- Columns, colonnades in front of the church -- King won a battle against France; he wanted to thank God Church built on a church -- Architect designed so that it should be seen from a distance -- You see it align perfectly on the axis Creates a theatrical space |
| Filippo Juvarra, Palazzo Madama, Turin 1718-1721, the staircase |  Not just a functional element (from one level to another) -- It's a ceremonial process The person has to climb the two flights of stairs From the stair, the person gets a visual experience |
| Filippo Juvarra, Palace of Stupinigi, Stupinigi 1729-1733 |  Attention for visuals can be applied to landscapes Cross shape |
| Claude Perrault, Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun, Louvre, Paris 1667-1670, East façade |  Continuity in visuals in France (from Italy) The main façade of the Louvre -- Perrault was an anatomist, who became an architect -- -- Devoted to the idea of classicism Characteristics -- Double columns (giant order) |
| Versailles, aerial view and plan |  Hunting lodge for France Comissioned by King Louis XIV Designed on the axis -- Triangular emphasis |
| Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin Mansart, Palace of Versailles, Versailles 1669 (begun), West façade facing the garden |  Three partid (three levels) -- First level has formal treatment (stone/large bricks) - symbolic of stability -- Central one has six columns and smaller one has four columns |
| Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Karlskirche, Vienna 1716-1733 |  Baroque idea went all over the place, not just in Italy and France Germans adopts Baroque -- Emphasis on visuals -- Remembering classicism Vienna -- after the Turkish Ottoman siege, the city becomes important trade city Church built in commemoration for one of the monarchs -- Built for monarch Charles VI Characteristics -- Pronaos (portico -- piece of pantheon) -- Reflection of Baroque -- -- The large dome of the Roman -- -- Two large columns -- Copies of the Trajan's columns -- -- Are put in front of two wings -- -- No function, but acts as a screen Each characteristic comes from existing classical buildings |
| Balthasar Neumann, Staircase at the Residenz, Wurzburg 1752-1753, with the frescoes by Giambattista Tiepolo (1752-1753) |  Neumann worked for a small prince; worked at the palace He designed the staircase -- People enter the palace -- Act of climbing the stairs, become the visual -- -- Stairs are supported by the colonnades -- People can move under the stairs Once you climb the stairs, you get a large imposing vault -- Windows are blind windows -- Vault is designed with Fresco Painting is called "Four Continents" |
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