Baroque Exuberance: Frivolity or Disquiet |
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| Authors: | Robert Harbison |
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| Abstract: | Robert Harbison defines the Baroque in the 17th and early 18th centuries, which is so often characterised in contrast with the Renaissance by its excess and drama. In doing so, he challenges the reader to consider whether this artful style of subversion, tension, movement, gravity-defying feats and freedom was really one of whimsical frivolity or subversive disquiet. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | Bernardo Vittone, Santa Chiara, Bra, Piedmont, Italy, 1741-2 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Engraving of the ‘Basilica’ 6th-century Greek temple at Paestum, southern Italy, 1778 Baroque fireworks the sensation of being there, then not being there Bernini's Four Rivers Trevi in Rome Versailles Sceaux defiance of gravity punctured domes and vaults of Guarino Guarini Bernardo Vittone Max Ophuls Le plaisir (1952) Madame de… Letter from an Unknown Woman Francesco Borromini, Sant' Ivo, Rome, 1642-60 Santa Prisca, Taxco, Mexico, 1750s Palazzo di Propaganda, Fide, Rome, 1662 focus on decay Hans Sedlmayr rapture attained by holding contradictions in tension Mexican facades or retablos Ecstasy of St Teresa (1652) Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (1674) San Carlino (1638-41) anti-architectural effects in buildings Frank Gehry's own house Rem Koolhaas' new CCTV in Beijing. |
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