5 BAROQUE & ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE Flashcards
The term refers to the most characteristic of the styles created in that period-that is, to the art that arose in ITALY and FLANDERS - A medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and south western Netherlands - soon after 1600, dominated ITALIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE until the classical revival of the Mid-18th century, and produced echoes of varying intensity in all other countries.
BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
____ ____, the style dominating the art and architecture of Europe and certain European colonies in the Americas throughout the 1600s, and in some places, until 1750. A number of its characteristics continue in the art and architecture of the first half of the 18th century.
Baroque (bu’rowk) Architecture
One could argue that the ___ - ___ was largely an architectural campaign, in which massive construction projects not only affirmed the power of the Roman Catholic Church.
Counter-Reformation
The leader of the Counter-Reformation movement in Rome was the architect __, who worked in a style that blended Renaissance classicism and a dynamic interaction with the surrounding environment.
Gian (Giovanni) Lorenzo Bernini
The label Baroque was first applied to the art of this period in the late 18th century, when the style itself had gone out of fashion, it was initially employed as ___.
term of abuse
The word may be derived either from the Portuguese _____, - irregularly shaped pearl; as scholastic term coined as mnemonic aid for tortuous argument in logic.
barocco
Portuguese ____, - irregularly shaped pearl; as scholastic term coined as mnemonic aid for tortuous argument in logic
barocco
As used by late 18th century art critics, it signified “absurd”, “willful”, “grotesque” in other words, _____
a wanton defiance of classical rules.
also known as CLASSICAL BAROQUE
FRENCH BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
rooms connected by doors next to the window wall. uninterrupted view. (Louis’ control over his nobility.)
enfilade
A structure or figure, often in the shape of an oval shield or oblong scroll, used as an architectural or graphic ornament or to bear a design or inscription.
Cartouche
may be considered precursors of Baroque architecture, as the design of the latter achieves a colossal unity that was previously unknown.
St. Peter’s Basilica
gilded brass or bronze used for furniture mounts and other purposes; also called gilt-bronze
Ormolu [awr-muh-loo]
The patronage of the Papal court spurred by the COUNTER-REFORMATION, accelerated church building and decoration in Italy.
In contrast to the Renaissance ideal of the central plan church, Counter- Reformation thinking called for long, wide naves to accommodate a swelling congregation and the elaborate processional entry of the clergy at the celebration of the Mass.
To answer to the new imperatives, architects developed a domed central plan with an extended nave and west narthex.
ITALIAN BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
a form of marquetry which worked with brass
Boulle Marquetry
a French upholstered armchair with curved back and relatively wide seat. space beneath the arm upholstered as well.
The Bergère
also known as the RESTORATION BAROQUE STYLE
ENGLISH BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
chiaroscuro effects
A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster. A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
fresco/es
A painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality and the blending of painting and architecture.
trompe l’oeil
Refers to a style of decoration current in Europe, particularly France, during the 18th century.
It applies both to interior decoration and to ornaments. By extension it may also be applied to some sculpture, paintings, furniture, and architectural details, although hardly to architecture as such.
It was a style of high fashion and had few popular forms.
______ was more intimately aristocratic, more sculptural, organic, and ornate.
Rococo architecture
It derived from the French word ___, originally meaning the bits of rocky decoration - pebble shell sometimes found in 16th- and __ - century architectural schemes.
rocaille
coquille
CHARACTERISTICS OF Rococo Style
-portrayed the life of the aristocracy
-elegant & detailed ornamentation
- feminine taste & influence
