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Books on: baroque buildings

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Italian Baroque and Rococo Architecture

Book by John Varriano; Oxford University Press, 1986

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Architecture, Baroque--Italy, Architecture, Rococo--Italy, Architecture--Italy

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...Roman guidebook to describe buildings that today we call Baroque. Later critics wrote of such...one of the most progressive of Baroque architects, was accused of...in which the design of many Baroque buildings violated the cherished...
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Milton and the Baroque

Book by Murray Roston; Macmillan Press, 1986

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Art, Baroque, Baroque Literature--History And Criticism, Fiction, Milton, John--1608-1674--Paradise Lost, Milton, John--1608-1674--Style

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...surge of activity which marked the crescendo of the baroque. Urban VIII, the Barberini pope who reigned from...that date, he could not have been unaware of the many baroque buildings about him whose facades alone, like that of Maderno...
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Milton, Mannerism and Baroque

Book by Roy Daniells; University of Toronto Press, 1963

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Baroque Literature--History And Criticism, English Language--Early Modern, 1500-1700--Style, Mannerism (Literature), Milton, John--1608-1674--Literary Style

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...Renaissance to Mannerist or Baroque modes. In considering the devices used by Late Baroque architects we must avoid the...the use made of light in a Baroque chapel. As Panofskys comparison of Gothic buildings to Scholastic thought has demonstrated...
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Baroque

Book by John Rupert Martin; Harper & Row, 1977

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Art, Baroque--History

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...Town Hall, begun 1648. Van Campen The iconography of civic buildings provides another insight into the Baroque mind. The great Town Hall of Amsterdam, now the Royal Palace...classicizing style by Jacob van Campen to replace a medieval building which could no longer meet the needs of a prosperous and...
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Baroque Art: A Topical Dictionary

Book by Irene Earls; Greenwood Press, 1996

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Art, Baroque--Dictionaries

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...decorations with mixed human and animal forms and floral ornament found in Roman buildings . Berain was a French designer and decorator and one of the most imaginative of all Baroque designers. His grotesques and ARABESQUES flowing lines interwoven with...

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Journal Articles on: baroque buildings

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Baroque Disruptions in Val Di Noto, Sicily

Journal article by Thomas J. Puleo; The Geographical Review, Vol. 100, 2010

Subjects:

Architecture, Baroque--History, Architecture, Baroque--Protection and preservation, Baroque architecture--History, Baroque architecture--Protection and preservation, Earthquakes--History, Earthquakes--Italy, Earthquakes--Social aspects, Foreign investments--Social aspects, Serres, Michel--Works, Sicily--Economic aspects, Sicily--Environmental aspects, Sicily--Social aspects

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...Sicilys first major baroque project. Compared...structures, the four buildings that mark the intersection...Renaissance lines of Sicilian baroque buildings perform a double service...seismic energy, Sicilian baroque buildings catalyze this same...
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The Unified Church Interior in Baroque Italy: S. Maria Maggiore in Bergamo

Journal article by Giles Knox; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000

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Art, Art criticism, Clergy, History, Italy, Religious organizations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the forces that gave rise to Baroque church decoration in general...goal, which was to modify the building so that it had "more beauty...distinctive walls, whereas the buildings within these walls are depicted...unity that characterize Italian Baroque church interiors.
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City Making: Building Communities without Building Walls

Journal article by Richard Thompson Ford; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 56, 2003

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City Making: Building Communities Without Building Walls (Book)

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...opposite point. I do think his community building will require somewhat more "coercion...consciousness raising through institution building. He cites favorably the strand of political...examples--and as vehicles for community building. Frug logically identifies education...
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The Building in Bildung: Goethe, Palladio, and the Architectural Media

Journal article by Daniel L. Purdy; Goethe Yearbook, Vol. 15, 2008

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...in which the faults of buildings are examined along with their...he approaches monumental buildings mournfully so as to recover...designing and constructing a building was not his immediate goal...However, unlike the writers of baroque and rococo treatises, he...so that his reflections on buildings always stressed the utilitarian...
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Building a Translation, the Re-Construction Business: Poem 145 of Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz

Journal article by Margaret Sayers Peden; Symposium, Vol. 38, 1984

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Juana Ines De La Cruz--Sister--1651-1695

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...architectural form. Sor Juanas sonnets are baroque edifices in miniature. To translate them...of the ornate facade, and strip away baroque accretions until she reaches the structural...language, to be restored to its original baroque splendor with the least possible signs...

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Magazine Articles on: baroque buildings

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Performance Art: As a New Exhibition on the Baroque Opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Joanna Norman Looks at This Age of Magnificence

Magazine article by Joanna Norman; History Today, Vol. 59, April 2009

Subjects:

Art, Baroque--Exhibitions, Baroque art--Exhibitions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Magnificence. by Joanna Norman The Baroque style was a global phenomenon...architecture to theatre and music the Baroque reigned as the dominant style...beyond. The origins of the Baroque can be traced back to papal...concerned with performance, its buildings and works of art becoming infused...
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Modern Baroque Ensemble

Magazine article by Claudia Kugel; The Architectural Review, Vol. 199, April 1996

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Architectural firms--Services, Frank O. Gehry and Associates Inc.--Services, Germany--Buildings, facilities, etc., Office buildings--Design and construction

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Modern baroque ensemble by Claudia Kugel...disarming when applied to office buildings. Gehrys vigorously sculptural...recently designed a modern Baroque ensemble of offices and showroom...extraordinary results. This latest building is a composite communication...was also required, so the building incorporates a number of energy...
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Seeing the Light: In the Best Baroque Tradition, Light Is Used to Create Spatial and Atmospheric Illusions in This New Church

Magazine article by Christian Brensing; The Architectural Review, Vol. 216, September 2004

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Architectural firms--Achievements and awards, Architectural practice--Achievements and awards, Architectural services--Achievements and awards, Church buildings--Design and construction, Churches--Design and construction

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...Seeing the Light: In the Best Baroque Tradition, Light Is Used to...Its cathedral and numerous Baroque churches and monasteries are...In the best traditions of Baroque architecture, light is used...solidity. Everywhere in the building light seeps in from unknown...
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High Riser: Jay Merrick on the Young Talent Making Waves with His "Baroque Modernist" Creations

Magazine article by Jay Merrick; New Statesman, Vol. 135, January 23, 2006

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Architects--Management, Artists and architects--Management, Artists as architects--Management, Artists--Services

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...designer with influential "baroque modernists" such as Zaha Hadid...work compare with the early buildings of established stars? His...must also be measured against baroque modernisms heavy mob--Herzog...on proving that his tactful baroque modernism can survive the lure...
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Modern Baroque: A Provincial German Art Museum Gets the Frank Gehry Treatment

Magazine article by Michael Webb; The Architectural Review, Vol. 219, April 2006

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Gehry, Frank--Works, Museums--Design and construction, Museums--Forecasts and trends

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Modern Baroque: A Provincial German Art...Frank Gehrys most innovative buildings are scattered across Germany...theatrical forms of southern Baroque more than it does the sober...is one of a succession of buildings supervised by executive architect...

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Newspaper Articles on: baroque buildings

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THE LITTLE SECRET; (1) Timisoara Is Emerging as Romania's Next Property Hotspot Thanks to a Wealth of Baroque and Deco Buildings, Says Sebastian Cresswell-Turner (2) HOMES & PROPERTY

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 14, 2006

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Compagnie Financiere Alcatel, Telecommunications equipment industry--Economic aspects

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...Hotspot Thanks to a Wealth of Baroque and Deco Buildings, Says...legacy of Austro-Hungarian buildings ranging from imperial Baroque to Art Nouveau. Most are...however, foreigners can buy buildings in Romania, but not the land...was a flat in an Art Nouveau building; light, airy, with high...
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Rome - Ancient and Baroque from Bristol

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 28, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Rome - Ancient and Baroque from Bristol. Five days from...classical antiquities and medieval buildings. The grandeur of the Colosseum...Trevi Fountain and flamboyant Baroque buildings - the list is endless...breakfast, guided tour of Baroque Rome, and a guided tour of...
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Baroque Sights, Sounds at the Gallery

Newspaper article by Kevin Chaffee; The Washington Times, May 19, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Gallery of Art is going for baroque in a big way over the next...tone for "Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600...ground floors of the West Building. The spectacular scale models of baroque-era churches, palaces, military forts and grand public buildings seemed endlessly fascinating...
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The First Age of Bling; A New Survey of the Baroque Is Full of the Ludicrous and Extravagant but Where Is Emotion, Magnificence and Spirit?

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 3, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...experience of every building, sculpture and painting...than the period we call Baroque -- that is, principally...churches and secular buildings providing focal points...the boundary of the Baroque towards the end of the...The word itself, Baroque, began as an adjective...
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Dresden's New Magnificence; Baroque Glory Returns to Florence on the Elbe

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 26, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Dresdens New Magnificence; Baroque Glory Returns to Florence...demolished Dresdens remaining old buildings, many of which could have...itself in its 18th-century baroque image. The bright yellow building cranes - "the municipal bird...figurines made of enormous baroque pearls and other precious...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: baroque buildings

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Baroque , in Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...source of light. Many works of Baroque sculpture are set within elaborate...floating upward toward heaven. Baroque Architecture Buildings of the period are composed of...Balthasar Neumann. Many works of baroque architecture were executed on...
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Church , Building for Christian Worship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CHURCH , building for Christian worship Gr. kuriakon =belonging to the Lord, in architecture, a building for Christian worship. The earliest...Gothic architecture . Renaissance and baroque architecture produced innovations in...
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Mannheim

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1802. Although many of the historic buildings were heavily damaged in World War II...regularly laid-out 18th-century baroque buildings of the inner city, including the Jesuit...1723). Carl Benz is credited with building (1885) the first motor-driven vehicle...
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Saint Petersburg , City, Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the high-spired admiralty building; the Winter Palace, built...Horsemen." The citys oldest building is the fortress of Peter...imperial days. Among the baroque buildings of the early 18th cent...convent (1764). Neoclassical buildings of the late 18th and early...
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GÖrlitz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Zgorzelec (1994 est. pop. 67,650). Gorlitzs Old Quarter has numerous well-preserved Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings. Jakob Boehme (1575 1624), the religious mystic, lived there. ____________________ Copyright...

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