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Term describing a style in art and architecture. Originally developed in Italy in the late 16th century.

Baroque architecture is characterised by basic symmetry with asymmetrical ornamentation and a combination of many art forms: architecture and painting, music and performance (often with a blurring of boundaries and attempts to play with the perception of the spectators). “Stone and mortar were often blended with statuary and painting; indeed it was difficult to see where one art left off and the other began.” (R. A. Guisepi [please use the English Seminar's stylesheet]). Probably the most famous example of Italian baroque architecture is St Peter's Cathedral in Rome, designed by Giovanni Bernini (1598-1660).

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"Baroque architecture." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. [1][please indicate access date]

http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/baroque-81044.html [please format web source in accordance with the English Seminar's style sheet]

Guisepi, R.A. The Baroque Era In The Arts. Web: http://history-world.org/baroque_era.htm (16.06.2013)

http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/Historic-Styles/Baroque.htm (16.06.2013)

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-Term describing a style in art and architecture. It developed in Italy in the late 16th century.
+Term describing a style in art and architecture. Originally developed in Italy in the late 16th century.
-Baroque architecture is characterised by symmetry and enormous ornaments. Buildings are often arranged in oval structures which is supposed to appeal to the viewer’s emotions [source?]. The interior is usually decorated with colourful ceiling paintings. The influences of Baroque can be seen in Europe until the 18th century.
+Baroque architecture is characterised by basic symmetry with asymmetrical ornamentation and a combination of many art forms: architecture and painting, music and performance (often with a blurring of boundaries and attempts to play with the perception of the spectators). “Stone and mortar were often blended with statuary and painting; indeed it was difficult to see where one art left off and the other began.” (R. A. Guisepi [please use the English Seminar's stylesheet]). Probably the most famous example of Italian baroque architecture is St Peter's Cathedral in Rome, designed by Giovanni Bernini (1598-1660).
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-The leading exponent of the Baroque influenced architecture in Britain was [[Christopher Wren]].
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 "Baroque architecture." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1352473/Baroque-architecture][please indicate access date]
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-Baroque Architecture
+Guisepi, R.A. ''The Baroque Era In The Arts''. Web: http://history-world.org/baroque_era.htm (16.06.2013)
-Barocco(Ital.) means bizarre. Its Style in architecture was very extraordinary.
-Features that could be found in Baroque architecture were:
-Complicated shapes
-Large curved forms
-	Twisted columns
-	Grand stairways
-	High domes
-	Trompe l'oeil paintings (vgl.Architecture.about.com)[please use the English Seminar's stylesheet and indicate the direct quotations]
-In British Baroque:
- Regularity
- Symmetry
- Order
- Massive Stability
- “great single units placed in theatrical contrast to each other”
- Ornamentation
- Dynamics
-Baroque art like paintings and architecture were based on Italian art, during the Restoration period. You can find similarities between British art, especially in architecture, and Italian buildings.
-Giovanni Bernini (1598-1660) designed St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. British architects developed this Italian style further and built and designed buildings similar to these great buildings eg St. Paul`s Cathedral. In Italy the original plan was to use spaces and curving lines. This style became famous in Europe. Many churches and public buildings were designed in the style of Baroque. Its “[…]decorativeness in colored marble, intricate designs, twisted columns, scattered cupolas, imposing facades, and unbalanced extensions or bulges.
-Stone and mortar were often blended with statuary and painting; indeed it was difficult to see where one art left off and the other began.” (R. A. Guisepi [please use the English Seminar's stylesheet])
-The British started a kind of competition and somehow wanted to show that they can outplay these former buildings, which were seen as magnificent and well-structured buildings, including beautiful art.
-Many buildings which were designed and built during the Restoration period overtrumped Italian or French architecture.
-In Italy, buildings were designed extravagant, especially the Pope wanted churches to be pompous [source?]. Marble was the preferred material.
-Other countries took up this style to demonstrate power and taste in art. The French Palace of Versailles could be seen as a typical example of Baroque style.
-In Britain Blenheim Palace was designed similar to this style. It demonstrated power and art. But different to Versailles, Blenheim wasn´t built for the king, but for a noble man.
-This also demonstrated power and wealth of Britain.
-Sources:
-Guisepi, R.A..The Baroque Era In The Arts. Web: http://history-world.org/baroque_era.htm (16.06.2013)
 http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/Historic-Styles/Baroque.htm (16.06.2013)