BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE



Replanned streets of Rome, mostly Domenico Fontana, 1580s



Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680): St. Peter's Square (piazza S. Pietro), Rome, begun 1656: reconstruction of Bernini's project; exterior view


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Bernini: Cornaro Chapel in Sta. Maria Vittoria, 1646




Francesco Borromini (1599-1667): S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane ("S. Carolino"), 1638-66: lower facade; interior view




Bernini: rejected plans for the redesign of the Louvre, Paris, 1666





Louis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun, and Claude Perrault, East facade of the Louvre, ca. 1667




Versailles: Palace and gardens: garden facade, 1669-85 begun by Louis le Vau (1612-70), completed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708); park, 1661-68 by Andre le Notre; Hall of Mirrors (Gallerie des Glaces), c. 1680 by Hardouin-Mansart and le Brun; whole complex 1660s--18th c. Garden facade; pre-Mansart core of Versailles, with new gardens; Hall of Mirrors; plan and aerial view of chateau and garden




Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723): St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 1675-1710. Greek cross plan, 1672; "Great Model" design 1673; Warrant design 1675; redesigned 1675 as is. The "Great Model"; final plan as built; aerial view


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