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.)
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