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The story of Baroque architecture

Zanlungo, Claudia2012
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Focusing on the Baroque period, this book gives readers the tools they need to grasp the architectural language and building forms of this style.
Main title:
The story of Baroque architecture / by Claudia Zanlungo, Daniela Tarabra
Imprint:
Munich Prestel 2012
Collation:
159 pages illustrations
Contents:
Introduction: Piazzas as urban backdropsBaroque churchesStaircasesTheatresThe Baroque gardenRome, the birth of Baroque: Bernini the architectFrancesco BorrominiSant'lvo ala SapienzaBaroque in Italy: Baldassare LonghenaSanta Maria della SaluteGuarino GuariniSan LorenzoNaplesLecceSicilyThe spread of Baroque: FranceSaint-Louis-des-InvalidesHotels particuliersThe French gardenVersaillesCentral EuropeRussian BaroqueEnglandChristopher Wren -ChurchesSt Paul's CathedralThe Royal hospitalChatsworth HouseSpainPortugalFrom Baroque to Rococo: TheatresLibrariesExoticismRococo in Italy: Rome, scenographic city architectureThe Trevi fountainTurin, a European capitalThe Basilica di SupergaThe Royal Palace of CasertaLate Baroque SicilyNoto CathedralThe spread of Rococo: The Hapsburg empire - a state artJohann Bernhard Fischer von ErlachBelvedere PalaceThe Abbeys of Jacob PrandthauerMelk AbbeyPrague and MoraviaChurch of St NicholasPlague ColumnsBerlin, a new capitalSanssouciDresden, city of wondersThe Zwinger PalaceThe Triumph of Rococo - BavariaThe Asam BrothersSt John NepomucenoThe imperial residenceAugustusburgBalthasar NeumannThe Wurzburg residenceSt Petersburg - the invention of a capitalThe Peterhof PalaceBartolomeo Francesco RastrelliCatherine PalaceThe Transparente altarpieceLatin America.
ISBN:
9783791345956 (paperback)
Dewey class:
724.16 STO
Local class:
724.16
Language:
English
BRN:
4653
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithNonfiction724.16 STOAvailable
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