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Baroque Architecture Comparison of Facades

Explore the evolution of Baroque architecture through a comparison of facades from different time periods and regions. Discover the use of classical elements with bold embellishments and innovative design.

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Baroque Architecture Comparison of Facades

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  1. Baroque Architecture Comparison of Facades “…if the Catholic Church was to win the souls of the Catholic masses and stem the tide of Protestantism, it must give people the equivalent of opera and theater on Sundays and feast days” (Glancey, 78).

  2. Church of Saint-Etienne, CaenNormandy, France begun 1064—façade late 11th century

  3. Chartres Cathedralca. 1194-1260 west façade

  4. Reims Cathedral(Notre Dame de Reims) west façade c. 1211-1428

  5. Church of Saint-Maclou, Rouen Normandy, France west façade, c. 1500-14

  6. Church of Sant’Andrea Leon Battista Alberti west façade, 1470 Mantua

  7. Portal of the Hospicio de San FernandoPerdo de Ribera1722Madrid lavish decorationClassical elements are used but an reinterpreted and embellished—they are overlaid with foliage; forms that once occupied a limited plane now boldly recede and project. There is a central niche with the hospital’s patron saint—Saint Ferdinand. Note the broken pediment.

  8. St. Carlo alle Quattro FontaneBorrominiRome 1634-1682

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