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Baroque Architecture: Style, Characteristics and Features - Study
This lesson explores the development of Baroque architecture. We begin in Italy by tracing the development of several Baroque themes.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/baroque-architecture-style-characteristics-features.html
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Baroque Architecture - Britannica
Architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, until the 18th century.
http://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-architecture
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10 Masterpieces of Baroque Architecture - History Lists
A list of 10 most beautiful examples of Baroque architecture in Europe and Americas.
http://historylists.org/architecture/10-masterpieces-of-baroque-architecture.html
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Baroque Architecture - Encyclopedia
The seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries marked the Baroque period in Europe and the Americas. The period was characterized by a fluidity of design accented by a sense of drama. The architecture of the period departed from the traditionalist forms seen in Renaissance designs and moved toward grander structures with flowing, curving shapes.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Baroque_Architecture
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Architecture: Baroque Architecture Characteristics
The Baroque period took the humanist Roman view of Renaissance architecture and showed it in a new rhetorical, theatrical and sculptural fashion they expressed the triumph of absolutist church and state.
http://archit-home.blogspot.com/2011/03/baroque-architecture-characteristics.html
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Baroque Architecture on Pinterest
Discover thousands of images about Baroque Architecture on Pinterest, a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas. | See more about Renaissance Architecture, Palace Interior and Krakow Poland.
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/baroque-architecture
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Baroque Architecture - Architecture History Photo Guide
What do imperfect pearls have to do with French Baroque building design? Learn more about a 17th century movement in art, music, and architecture.
http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/Historic-Styles/Baroque.htm
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Baroque Architecture in Britain: Examples from the Era - The Guardian
Must-see baroque buildings in Britain.
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/sep/10/baroque-british-architecture-key-buildings
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Baroque Architect Reaches Across Centuries to Influence Another in 'La Sapienza' - LA Times
17th century Italian Francesco Borromini's work influences a contemporary architect confronting his own existential crisis in 'La Sapienza'.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-sapienza-director-20150624-story.html
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Baroque Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and the absolutist state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture