Arch 19 - Baroque Architecture
Baroque - correct answer - vivid and exuberant style
- popes and cardinals of Rome used this style in building magnificent churches,
palaces and tombs to commemorate their names
- initially used to underline the emphasis of its excess, its abundance of details
- reaction to the Renaissance
Absolutism - correct answer Baroque style is the style of ?????
- reflecting the centralized state ruled by an autocrat of unlimited powers, as
exemplified by the European kings
The Flying Forms - correct answer French translation of Baroque
- spatial complexity
- curved spaces
- depth is pronounced
- ornamental
- theatrical (opera)
- dramatic use of light
- large scale ceiling
- interior is flat for painting
- pear domes - correct answer Baroque Characteristics - 9
Counter-Reformation - correct answer - quest to restore the dominance of
Catholicism
- to attract people to convert back to Catholicism
Chiaroscuro - correct answer - use of strong contrasts between light and dark,
usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition
