Arch 19 - Baroque Architecture Review Study Guide Test 2024.

Arch 19 - Baroque Architecture Review Study Guide Test 2024. Baroque - correct answer - vivid and exuberant style - popes and cardinals of Rome used this style in building magnificent churches, palaces and tombs to commemorate their names - initially used to underline the emphasis of its excess, its abundance of details - reaction to the Renaissance Absolutism - correct answer Baroque style is the style of ????? - reflecting the centralized state ruled by an autocrat of unlimited powers, as exemplified by the European kings The Flying Forms - correct answer French translation of Baroque - spatial complexity - curved spaces - depth is pronounced - ornamental - theatrical (opera) - dramatic use of light - large scale ceiling - interior is flat for painting - pear domes - correct answer Baroque Characteristics - 9 Counter-Reformation - correct answer - quest to restore the dominance of Catholicism - to attract people to convert back to Catholicism Chiaroscuro - correct answer - use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition