Rococo and Baroque

Since these two periods overlap eachother on the timeline, they are often included in the same category. Going from 1600 to 1830, this style of architecture lasted a very long time. Origionating from France, this style spread quickly across Europe and inspirted some incredible works. It was inspired by small German princes and such, but eventually evolved into the greatest heights of the Rococo time period. Although Rococo was generally a form of art, it originated from the architecture of Baroque, and still has a large impact on buildings. Together, these two styles, being very similar, created many impressive examples of architecture. It was not quite as influential in Italy as the Renaissance was, but this time period still left its mark on the world.

History:

Background

Architectual Sculpture:

Styles

This idea was different from architecture from the past because required less planning and was more artistic. Design seemed to pop from the buildings, making it much more decorative. Areas like the facade were designed much differently shaping to sculptural concepts.

Vaulted Roofs:

Almost all churches at this time were built with vaulted roofs. This style reflects the style of the Roman and Romanesque architectual time periods, but these roofs often had much more elaborate decorations because of the importance of life in the Rococo time.

The Dome:

This popular stylistic feature carried over from the Rennaisance time period, but it was designed and decorated a little differently. The interior of the dome was now decorated more lightly for the Rococo style of the time since they were very intent on making everything bright and uplifting.

Basilica of Superga

This lightly decorated buildings shows how the design for the buildings changed as this is not in the traditional rectangular style that the front of buildings usually are.