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]

 

Wikipedia

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