Baroque in Palermo
Presentation
from
Giusi, Kathi and Dilan
Overview
• What is baroque?
• Italian baroque architects
• Gallery of baroque places and churches
What is baroque?
•
Architectural style
•
Portuguese noun "barroco"
•
grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music
•
1600 in Rome, Italy  Europe
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Style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church
•
entrance sequence of courts, anterooms, grand staircases, and reception rooms
of sequentially increasing magnificence
Italian baroque architects
• Giacomo Serpotta
• Tomaso Napoli
• Paolo Amato
• Andrea Giganti
Gallery of baroque places and
churches
Piazza Pretoria
The church of Saint Cita
Oratorio di S. Lorenzo
Casa Professa
Quattro canti
Baroque in Vienna
Virginia, Angie, Anna
Overview
• Introduction
• Karlskirche
• Belvedere
• Schloss Schönbrunn
Introduction
The baroque city
• In central Europe
• The late Baroque style
• Baroque architecure
• Baroque arts
Karlskirche
• The building of Karlskirche
was started in 1715
• Johann Fischer von Erlach
• dedicated to saint Karl
Borromeo
Photos
Belvedere
• The Belvedere was constructed
during the early 18th century
• The complex consists of
two palaces
• Austrian Gallery Belvedere
• Baroque garden has a
formal layout
Photos
Schloss Schönbrunn
• began life as a hunting
lodge during the 16th century
• Maria Theresia
• Johann Bernhard Fischer
von Erlach
• Privy Garden, one of the
oldest zoos in the world
Photos
The End