2012/08 NEW DESIGN

FRONT ELEVATION

GROUND FLOOR 03 BED ROOM 01 TOILET & BATH ROOM LIVING DINING KITCHEN OPEN VERANDAHA

 
FIRST FLOOR 02 BED ROOM LIVING 01 TOILET & BATH ROOM BALCONY

Rococo Architecture • 1725-1775

Rococo Architecture • 1725-1775
Rococo artists reigned in the weighty drama of Baroque but retained its curves and elaborate ornament, resulting in a gentle, playful style typified by asymmetrical decoration and pastel colours. Most Rococo art was centred in France (the birthplace of the style), but Rococo architecture culminated in Austria and southern Germany. The style flourished especially in the form of churches.

Ottobeuren Basilika

Basilika Vierzehnheiligen

Late Baroque Architecture • 1660-1725

Late Baroque Architecture • 1660-1725

The Late Baroque era marks the ascent of France as the heart of Western culture. Baroque art of France (and northern Europe generally) tends to be restrained, such that it can be described as a classical-Baroque compromise. The most striking element of French Baroque architecture is the double-sloped mansard roof.

 

The most famous Baroque structures of France are magnificent chateaus (although great Baroque churches were also constructed)

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Greatest of these chateaus is the Palace of Versailles. It was built mainly under Louis XIV, whose patronage of the arts helped propel France to the crest of Western culture.

The palace facade admirably demonstrates the classical-Baroque compromise of northern Europe. Although the walls are adorned with sculpted busts, they otherwise feature simple planar classicism. The mansard roof is more alive with Baroque elements, however, including a sinuous metal railing and rich moulding around the dormer windows. Versailles became the European model of palace architecture, inspiring similarly grand residences throughout the continent.

High Baroque Architecture • 1625-60

High Baroque Architecture • 1625-60
Gian Lorenzo Bernini is often upheld as both the greatest sculptor and architect of the Baroque style. Two of his most famous architectural works are found at St Peter's. One is the four-story baldachin that stands over the high altar.14 (A baldachin is an indoor canopy over an important object, such as an altar or a throne.) The other is the curving colonnades that frame St Peter's Square. Bernini's foremost building is likely Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (Saint Andrew's at the Quirinal), a small church. (The Quirinal is one of the hills of Rome.)

Baldachin at 

Saint Peter's.    

 

Saint Peter'

s Square.

Early Baroque Architecture • 1600-25

Early Baroque Architecture • 1600-25
The Baroque style of architecture first clearly emerged with Carlo Maderno, whose foremost work is the facade of St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Sculpted classicism is achieved via alternating pilasters and depressions.6 St Peter's as a whole is variously Late Renaissance and Baroque in style, as the building was constructed throughout both eras under many architects. (Note that this building makes extensive use of coffered ceilings. A "coffer" is a sunken panel in a ceiling, typically square or octagonal in shape.)

BAROQU

Introduction

Baroque art is characterized by dynamism (a strong sense of motion), which is augmented by extravagant effects (e.g. strong curves, rich decoration.)

Baroque Painting

The full-blown Baroque aesthetic ("full Baroque") was embraced in southern Western Europe. In northern Western Europe, a sort of classical-Baroque compromise ("restrained Baroque") was struck

The full Baroque aesthetic developed during the Early Baroque period (ca. 1600-25), then culminated during the High Baroque period (ca. 1625-60). Both periods were led by Italy. The restrained Baroque aesthetic culminated during the Late Baroque period (ca. 1660-1725). The Baroque age concluded with the French-born Rococo style (ca. 1725-75), in which the violence and drama of Baroque was quieted to a gentle, playful dynamism. The Late Baroque and Rococo periods were led by France.

Baroque architecture features curved and sculpted walls, vibrant colours and gilding, and the positioning of windows for dramatic lighting effects. The first of these characteristics is of particular note: whereas Renaissance architects coated flat surfaces in a classical veneer ("planar classicism"), Baroque architects freely moulded surfaces to achieve three-dimensional sculpted classicism.
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And while the surface of a Renaissance building is typically neatly divided into sections (in accordance with classical clarity and order), a Baroque surface is treated as a continuous, textured whole.

Churches are the primary form of Baroque architecture in Italy, while chateaus (country mansions) are the outstanding Baroque works of France.

BAROQU & ROCOCO

Background Information.

Location in Western Art History

v    As illustrated above, Western art can be divided into eight major ages. Baroque art is the sixth age of Westernart.

v    The entire history of Western architecture is covered by the Timeline of Western Architecture. The leading regions of Western art through history are summarized at Core Regions of Western Art.

Overview
Summary of Outstanding Baroque Architecture
• Early Baroque ca. 1600-25 (Maderno (facade of St Peter's))
• High Baroque ca. 1625-60(Bernini (St Peter's baldachin and colonnades, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale))
• Late Baroque ca. 1660-1725 (chateaus (especially Versailles)
• Rococo ca. 1725-75 (churches (Austria/southern Germany))