Architectural Styles
Baroque
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
Late Renaissance
Rococo
Early Baroque [1584-1625]
High Baroque [1584-1625]
Late Baroque [1675-1750]
1584-1750
- Chiaroscuro (strong contrasts between light and dark)
- Exuberant decoration
- intricate moldings
- sculptures
- frescoes
- Curvilinear Forms
- Grand Scale and Proportion
- Integration with Surroundings
- Europe
- Italy
- France
- Spain
- Austria
- Germany
- Portugal
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Palaces
- churches
- public buildings
- monasteries
- convents
- fountains
- statues
- St. Peter’s Basilica Vatican
- Palace of Versailles
- Church of the Gesù Rome
- Royal Palace of Madrid
- Cathedral of San Lorenzo Turin
- St. Charles Church Vienna
- Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Rome
- Zwinger Palace Dresden
- Palace of Schönbrunn Vienna
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls Rome
- Coaching inns / posting houses with stables
- Urban inns / hostelries
- Taverns and alehouses with lodging
- Merchant lodging houses
- Boarding houses / furnished rooms
- Pilgrim hospices and religious hostels
- Monastery / convent guest accommodation
- Court and aristocratic hospitality (palaces, villas, townhouses)
- Quarantine stations / lazarettos (port travel) – compulsory “accommodation” for health/security, especially in Mediterranean ports
- Coaching inns / posting houses – La Posada del Potro (Córdoba, Spain)
- Historic “coaching inns” across England
- Hôtel Henry IV / “La Vieille Auberge” (France) – historic auberge/inn
- Santiago de Compostela pilgrim lodging institutions (Spain)
- Lazarettos (quarantine lodging for maritime travellers) – Lazzaretto Nuovo (Venice, Italy) Lazzaretto Vecchio (Venice, Italy)
Adaptive Reuse
- Hotel de Russie (Rome, Italy)
- Hotel de la Ville (Rome, Italy)
- Hôtel de Crillon Paris
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation