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 backdrops -- Baroque churches -- Staircases -- Theatres -- The Baroque garden -- Rome, the birth of Baroque: Bernini the architect -- Francesco Borromini -- Sant'lvo ala Sapienza -- Baroque in Italy: Baldassare Longhena -- Santa Maria della Salute -- Guarino Guarini -- San Lorenzo -- Naples -- Lecce -- Sicily -- The spread of Baroque: France -- Saint-Louis-des-Invalides -- Hotels particuliers -- The French garden -- Versailles -- Central Europe -- Russian Baroque -- England -- Christopher Wren -Churches -- St Paul's Cathedral -- The Royal hospital -- Chatsworth House -- Spain -- Portugal -- From Baroque to Rococo: Theatres -- Libraries -- Exoticism -- Rococo in Italy: Rome, scenographic city architecture -- The Trevi fountain -- Turin, a European capital -- The Basilica di Superga -- The Royal Palace of Caserta -- Late Baroque Sicily -- Noto Cathedral -- The spread of Rococo: The Hapsburg empire - a state art -- Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach -- Belvedere Palace -- The Abbeys of Jacob Prandthauer -- Melk Abbey -- Prague and Moravia -- Church of St Nicholas -- Plague Columns -- Berlin, a new capital -- Sanssouci -- Dresden, city of wonders -- The Zwinger Palace -- The Triumph of Rococo - Bavaria -- The Asam Brothers -- St John Nepomuceno -- The imperial residence -- Augustusburg -- Balthasar Neumann -- The Wurzburg residence -- St Petersburg - the invention of a capital -- The Peterhof Palace -- Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli -- Catherine Palace -- The Transparente altarpiece -- Latin America.
ISBN:
9783791345956 (paperback)
Dewey class:
724.16 STO
Local class:
724.16
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4653
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 724.16 STO | Available |