FCSarch 12 Baroque 2

BAROQUE 2

Karlskirche, Vienna 1716 Fischer von

ErlachPatron: Austrian Emperor

Karlskirche (“The Holy Roman Emperor Rediscovers the Empire”)

Tragan’s Column

Karlskirche, section (note double dome)

Karlskirche, plan

Karlskirche, interior

Karlskirche, interior detail

Karlskirche, interior ceiling

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London 1675 Sir Christopher Wren

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1675 Sir Christopher Wren (Norwich 188) “Baroque in England”

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Side view. Note: coupled pilasters and false windows.

Aerial view showing the continuous screen wall on the upper story, which conceals the buttressing of the nave and choir and presents a suitably monumental

appearance for the building.

View of the nave from the dome.

Section; note the triple dome - the middle brick cone supports the weight of the masonry lantern while he inner and outer domes are timber framed and

proportioned for aesthetic effect inside and outside.

Wren's sleight of hand in the crossing piers to achieve the appearance of the dome resting on a continuous circuit of eight equal arches becomes apparent in this

print.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, interior

View into the dome and lantern.