When you say paintings and structures that gives the image of light,shading, shadows, extravagances, drama, playfulness, emotion, feelings, decorative, flourishing designs, wealth, power and richness. Then this architectural period is quite interesting to learn upon.
Baroque and Rococo fall upon the same architectural period, Baroque as the early part while Rococo being the later and late part of Baroque architecture.
- Baroque
Baroque initially was made to exemplify the wealth and power that the churches possess at that era. From there on it was developed to be an architectural style. What happened after the early part of this era was that the style gave up their symmetry and focused more on the fluent designs and ornate ones.
- Rococo
Rococo was the late baroque which was inspired by the shell like curves. In short, their styles got a lot of curves, it became curvy. Furthermore from all the curves, arts and designs all though out the structure was also added. The buildings were like a big blank canvass that was painted and decorated in curves and artistry in every aspect.
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| Chiaroscuro: Play of Light |
What I like most about this era is their emphasis on the colors by the use of dark and light contrast. "Chiaroscuro" is the term used for that definition.
The curves and arts displayed in the period was quite a development, not really in architecture but more of art? (that’s how I see it). But never the less, it was still a development. This part of the history of architecture for me is like just one big playful time of art and curves.
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