1. BAROQUE
ROCOCO

2. BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
Started in the early 17th century in Italy.
Adopted the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture in a new rhetorical (symbolic), theatrical, sculptural fashion – expressing the triumph of absolutist church and state.
New architectural concerns for color, light and shade, sculptural values and intensity

3. BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
Demand for an architecture that was more accessible to the emotions
A visible statement of the wealth and power of the Church
In mid 17th century – expression in the form of grand palaces, first in France (Château de Maisons ) by François Mansart and then throughout Europe.

4. BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
Château de Maisons

5. Michelangelo's late Roman buildings, particularly St. Peter's Basilica
PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
Michelangelo's late Roman buildings, particularly St. Peter's Basilica

6. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
Giacomo della Porta's façade of the Church of the Gesù, a precursor of the baroque
Most important church facade of the early baroque, Santa Susanna by Carlo Maderno

7. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
17th century – the baroque style spread through Europe and Latin America, where it was particularly promoted by the Jesuits (Members of the Society of Jesus).

8. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
long, narrow naves are replaced by broader, occasionally circular forms

9. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
long, narrow naves are replaced by broader, occasionally circular forms

10. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
dramatic use of light strong light-and-shade contrasts, chiaroscuro effects
(church of Weltenburg Abbey)

11. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
dramatic use of light uniform lighting by means of several windows
(church of Weingarten Abbey)

12. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
opulent (rich) use of ornaments (puttos made of wood – gilded (paint gold) , plaster or stucco, marble or faux (fake) finishing)

13. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
large-scale ceiling frescoes
(Sicilian Baroque: San Benedetto in Catania, Italy)

14. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
the interior is often no more than a shell for painting and sculpture
(especially in the late baroque)

15. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
illusory effects like trompe l'oeil & the blending of painting and architecture

16. pear domes - Bavarian, Czech, Polish, and Ukrainian baroque
PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
pear domes Bavarian, Czech, Polish, and Ukrainian baroque

17. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
Marian and Holy Trinity columns are erected in Catholic countries, often in thanksgiving for ending a plague

18. PRECURSORS & FEATURES OF BAROQUE
Baroque motifs feature heroic battles and religious figures

19. ROCOCO STYLE
Emerged in France in the early 18th century as a continuation of the Baroque style.
In contrast to the heavier themes and darker colors of the Baroque, the Rococo style was characterized by opulence (richness), grace (elegance), playfulness, and lightness.

20. Also revolve heavily around nature and exterior settings
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo motifs – carefree aristocratic life and lighthearted romance
Also revolve heavily around nature and exterior settings

21. ROCOCO STYLE
In the mid-late 18th century, Rococo was largely replaced by the Neoclassic style.
The word Rococo is seen as a combination of the French rocaille, or shell, and the Italian barocco, or Baroque style.
Shell-like curves and decorative arts – some critics used the term to imply that the style was frivolous or merely fashion.

22. ROCOCO in FURNITURE & DECORATIVE OBJECTS
The lighthearted themes and intricate designs of Rococo presented themselves best on a smaller scale.

23. Asymmetry - a new taste to European style
ROCOCO in FURNITURE & DECORATIVE OBJECTS
Asymmetry - a new taste to European style
“Contraste” - practice of leaving elements unbalanced for effect
Wall clock on its bracket
A well-known design by Charles Cressent
In a gilt-brass case filled with "contraste" in its details

24. ROCOCO in FURNITURE & DECORATIVE OBJECTS
Enjoyed the exotic character of Chinese arts, and imitated them in wares produced in France.
Eighteenth-century Chippendale style combined Chinese & rococo

25. ROCOCO in FURNITURE & DECORATIVE OBJECTS
In a full-blown Rococo design, like the Table d'appartement by German designer J. A. Meissonnier
Apron, legs, stretcher have all been seamlessly integrated into a flow of opposed c-scrolls and "rocaille."
The knot of the stretcher shows the asymmetrical "contraste"

26. Solitude Palace in Stuttgart
ROCOCO in INTERIOR DESIGN
Solitude Palace in Stuttgart

27. Chinese Palace in Oranienbaum
ROCOCO in INTERIOR DESIGN
Chinese Palace in Oranienbaum

28. ROCOCO in INTERIOR DESIGN
In those Continental contexts where Rococo is fully in control, fantastic, and sculptured forms are expressed with abstract ornament using flaming, leafy or shell-like textures in asymmetrical sweeps and flourishes and broken curves

29. ROCOCO in INTERIOR DESIGN
Intimate Rococo interiors suppress architectonic divisions of architrave, frieze and cornice for the picturesque, the curious, and the whimsical, expressed in plastic materials like carved wood and stucco