baroque architecture
Dramatic European opulence
Baroque architecture is a highly ornamental European building style that flourished from the late 16th through the 18th century.
It emphasizes grandeur, drama, and movement through curved forms, elaborate decoration, and dramatic contrasts of light and shadow.
The style emerged from the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation efforts to inspire awe: St. Peter's Basilica exemplifies baroque architecture.
The term now describes any building with similarly exuberant ornamentation.
- ornateElaborately decorated
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
opulent · flourish · cathedral · St. Peter's Basilica · palace · columns · domes · cherubs · trompe l'oeil · scrollwork · Versailles · marble · stucco · vaulted · dramatic · theatrical · high drama · lavish
baroque architectureminimalist architecture
Buildings stripped to essentials
minimalism · modernist architecture · International Style · industrial aesthetic · industrial architecture
baroque architectureneoclassical architecture
Building style mimicking antiquity
classical architecture · Georgian architecture · Federal style
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