Global Baroque
Dr Laura Fernández-González
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, ceiling, 1508-11
Pietro da Cortona, Barberini Ceiling, 1633-39, Pal. Barberini
Pietro da Cortona, Barberini Ceiling, 1633-39, Pal. Barberini
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, ceiling, 1508-11
Giacomo de la Porta, Il Gesu, Rome, 1575
Giacomo de la Porta, Il Gesu, Rome, 1575
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1565
Giacomo de la Porta, Il Gesu, Rome, 1575
Pietro da Cortona (1596/7-1669), SS. Martina e Luca, 1629>
Pietro da Cortona, S. Maria della Pace, 1656>
Pietro da Cortona, S. Maria della Pace, 1656>
Pietro da Cortona, S. Maria della Pace, 1656>
Brunelleschi, Pazzi Chapel, 1429/30 >, S. Croce, Florence
St Peter’s Piazza, G.B. Falda’s engraving, 1656
Plans of St Peter’s, Rome
St Peter’s Crossing, Bernini, 1629-38, St Longinus Pier
Bernini, Drawing for Cathedra Petri, with Baldacchino
Bernini, Scala Regia, 1654-1680
Scala Regia, 1654-1680
Scala Regia, 1654-1680
Bernini, S. Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70, porch
S. Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70, plan
S. Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70, Main Chapel
S. Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70, Main Chapel
S. Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70
S. Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70, vault
Carlo Borromini (1599-1667), S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (comm. 1634,
begun 1638, façade begun 1665)
Carlo Borromini (1599-1667), S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (comm. 1634,
begun 1638, façade begun 1665)
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, plan
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, schema
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, dome
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, dome
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Giacomo della Porta (c.1537-1602), Università La Sapienza, courtyard
(1575>); Francesco Borromini, S. Ivo (1642-50)
Giacomo della Porta (c.1537-1602), Università La Sapienza, courtyard
(1575>); Francesco Borromini, S. Ivo (1642-50)
S. Ivo della Sapienza, schema
Section S. Ivo della Sapienza, schema
S. Ivo della Sapienza, dome
Pieter Brueghel, Tower of Babel, Vienna
Introduction to Iberian Baroque and
Baroque beyond Europe
The Empire of Philip II of Spain during the Iberian Union (1580-
1640)
Austriaco Style, Monastery of El Escorial, Spain
Juan Bautista de Toledo & Juan de Herrera, 1560-84
Duke of Lerma’s Palace, Lerma, Spain
Francisco de Mora, 1600-17
Plaza Mayor, Madrid. Panadería,
Juan Gómez de Mora, 1619.
Cathedral of Valladolid, Spain designed Juan de Herrera, 1589 -
Reconstruction by Chueca Goitia.
Cathedral of Puebla, Mexico, 1575-1690
Francisco Becerra, Juan de Cigorondo,
Juan Gómez de Trasmonte
Cathedral of Valladolid,
Spain. Juan de Herrera,
1589 -
Floor Plan of the Cathedral of
Valladolid, Spain designed Juan
de Herrera, 1589 -
Reconstruction by Chueca Goitia.
Floor Plan of the Metropolitan
Cathedral of Mexico. 1570-1813. In
situ: Claudio de Arciniega, Juan Miguel de
Agüero, Juan Gómez de Trasmonte. In
Spain: Alonso Pérez de Castañeda, Juan
Gómez de Mora.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico. 1570-1813.
Highlighted: Baroque façade of the Sagrario (Tabernacle)
Altar, San Esteban, Salamanca, Spain.
José de Churriguera, 1692-94
Altar of the Kings, Metropolitan
Cathedral of Mexico,
Jerónimo Balbás, 1718-25
Churrigueresque
Sagrario (Tabernacle) Metropolitan
Cathedral of Mexico, Mexico.
Lorenzo Rodríguez, 1749-60
Obradoiro façade, Cathedral of Santiago
de Compostela, Spain. Fernando de
Casas Novoa, 1738-49.
Plaza Mayor de Salamanca, Spain, Alberto Churriguera, 1729-56.
Cathedral of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, 1729-72.
Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la
Merced (Lima), Façade finished in
1614 by Andres Espinoza.
Church of San Agustín, Lima, 1710
Monastery of San Francisco, Lima,
1657-72 (works continued)
Constantino de Vasconcellos from
Portugal and the alarife Manuel
Escobar from Lima
Earthquake Baroque Architecture
Miag-ao Church, or Church of Santo Tomas de Villanueva, Phillipines
built in 1786 by Spanish Augustinian missionaries
La Merced Church Antigua,
Guatemala, 17th C. -1767.
Juan de Dios Estrada.
Church of Saint Augustine,
(Paoay Church),
Philippines, 1710.
Terreiro do Paço and the Royal Palace with the ‘new’ Torreao in Lisbon, 1650
Juan de Herrera and Fillipo Terzi, 1580- c. 1610
The Mafra National Palace was built during the reign of King
John V of Portugal (1707–1750) designed by the German
architect João Frederico Ludovice
Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
1582-1629 Juan de Herrera and
Filippo Terzi
Cathedral of El Salvador, Bahia,
Brazil, 17th C. (Originally founded
by the Society of Jesus)
New Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal,
1598-1698. Baltasar Alvares. (Originally
founded by the Society of Jesus)
Ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Macau, China, 1582-1640
Church of São Caetano, Goa, India,
1612-61, Theatine Order Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception
Church, Panjim, Goa, India. Contruction
started in 1541, completly rebuilt in 1619.
Church of Bom Jesus in Braga,
Portugal, 1722-84>
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas,
Minas de Gerais, Brazil, 1757-71,
Aleijadinho.
Italian Baroque Architecture:
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Hibbard, H., Bernini, Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1965.
Norberg-Schulz, C., Baroque architecture, New York: H.N. Abrams, 1972
Wittkower, R. Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Pelican
Iberian & Baroque beyond Europe :
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of Colonial Peru, (Notre Dame Press, 2010).
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