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

• 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

IntroductionThe 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