Exam 4: Buildings Flashcards
Piazza San Pietro
Bernini
Enormous oval courtyard outside the basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican City of Rome
Baldachin at St. Peters
Large baroque sculpted bronze canopy over the alter o St. Peter
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Francisco Borromini
Originally built to fit a crammed site.
Has an original and irregular floor plan
San Ivo della Sanpienza
Francisco Borromini
Designed in the shape of the Star of David
Palace of Versailles
Originally a hunting lodge and private retreat for Louis the 13th.
Louis the 14th transformed into a palace that is surrounded by gardens
Galerie des Glaces
Halls of mirrors at the Palace of Versailles
Extends 230 Feet
Has 17 mirrors that faced 17 windows
Church of the Invalides
Large church with a tumb that houses some of Frances war heroes
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Christopher Wren
Combines neoclassical, Gothic, and baroque to symbolize a new style.
Blenheim Palace
- Resident to the duke of Marlborough
- A national monument
Birth place of Winston Church Hill
The Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de Soubise
Designed by German Boffraind
Princess val salon that is presumptuous with mirrors embedded in the woodwork and gilded surfaces
Vierzehneiligen, The Pilgrimage Church of the 14 Helper Saints
Designed by Bathasar Newman
Baroque design
Free standing alter with representations of the 14 holding helpers is surrounded by heart shaped alter rails that represents the Rococo style
Prince- Bishop’s Residence Wurzburger Rezidenz
Built and Decorated by Bathasar Newman
largest and beautiful palace in germany – one of
Amalienburg Pavilion at the Palace of Nymphenburg
Deigned by Francois de Cuvillies
Elaborate hunting lodge of the grounds of the place of Nymphenburg and Munich
Die Wies
Designed by Dominkus Zimmerman
An oval Rococo church designed in the late 1740’s
The Karlskriche
Designed by Johann Bernhard Fisher Von Erlach
A church located on the south side in Vienna, Austria
