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Baroque Architecture
Baroque Architecture: Art Images for College Teaching provides photographs of masterworks of the Baroque, including San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane, Versailles and St Paul's Cathedral, London. (Baroque)
http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/renbrq/brqarch.html |
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17th-Century Italian Architecture
17th-Century Italian Architecture: San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each. (Baroque)
http://worldart.sjsu.edu/prt82*1$596 |
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Versailles
Versailles: Elegant bilingual official site offering history, guided tour via an interactive map, 360-degree panoramas, gallery of masterpieces and visitor information. (Baroque)
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/ |
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Itineraries of Baroque Art
Itineraries of Baroque Art: Travel Italy provides an illustrated taster of the flamboyant Baroque architecture of Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Lecce, Palermo and Cagliari. (Baroque)
http://www.travel.it/archaeol/baroc/baring.htm |
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Baroque Rome in the Etchings of Giuseppe Vasi
Baroque Rome in the Etchings of Giuseppe Vasi: Vasi published 10 books of etchings of the monuments of Rome (1746-61), which can be seen here alongside photographs of the same locations today. (Baroque)
http://members.tripod.com/romeartlover/index.html |
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St Paul's Cathedral, London
St Paul's Cathedral, London: The official site of the magnificent Baroque church designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673. It has an illustrated chronology and 360-degree panoramas that require QuickTime VR. (Baroque)
http://www.stpauls.co.uk/ |
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History of Baroque Architecture
History of Baroque Architecture: Photographs of several notable Baroque churches in Rome. Part of History of Western Architecture from the Leo Masuda Architectonic Research Office. (Baroque)
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/baroque.html |
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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Collection of expandable images used in a course at the Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia, covering Italy, France and England. (Baroque)
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html |
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17th-Century Architecture
17th-Century Architecture: Images from Prof Jeffery Howe, Boston College, of Rubens' houses and the Church of St Charles Borromeo in Antwerp, Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles, France. (Baroque)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/17arch_europe.html |
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Baroque Architecture of St. Petersburg
Baroque Architecture of St. Petersburg: Outline by E. Kalnitskaya, with gallery of expandable photographs of notable buildings. From Little Russia. (Baroque)
http://russia-in-us.com/St.Peterburg/ |
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Triumph of the Baroque, Architecture in Europe: 1600-1750
Triumph of the Baroque, Architecture in Europe: 1600-1750: A virtual tour of the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States, 21 May - 9 October 2000. (Baroque)
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/splash.htm |
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Information: The predominant style of Western European architecture in the 17th century and early 18th century, found also in former European colonies. It is characterized by exuberant decoration, curvaceous forms and spatially complex compositions.
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