Rococo

Architecture

Baroque
Architecture
Introduction of Baroque
architecture
• The term baroque comes from the Portuguese
word ‘Barocco’, which means “an irregular pearl”.

• Although the style began as an important part of

the struggle for religious superiority, Baroque
palaces, civic buildings, town squares, and
DELLA PORTA ,facade of Il Gesù,
sculptures emerged throughout Italy. Rome, Italy

• From Italy it spread to the rest of Europe, and each

country developed its own local interpretation of
Baroque architecture.
Introduction of Rococo

• Rococo architecture was a variation of

baroque.
• It began in the 18th century and is a style of
18th century French art and interior design.
• less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque",
is an 18th-century artistic movement and
style, affecting many aspects of the arts
including painting, sculpture, architecture, The Queluz National Palace in Portugal
interior design, decoration, literature, music,
and theatre.
• Rococo got its name from the French word
rocaille, meaning rocks and shells.
• Rococo architecture was common among the
French aristocracy. For that reason, it was
unpopular among the common people, and
did not last long.
 Plan form
• Baroque floor
plans were
composed of
interlocking
ovals.

• Long, narrow
naves are
replaced by Queluz National Palace , Portuguese

broader,
occasionally •Most rococo plans were
circular/oval rectangular in shape.
forms.
Plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane,
• Mostly the building faces
Rome, Italy east .
External facade
• In baroque,facades were designed
with curving walls that creates light &
shadow.

Façade of San
Carlo alle
Quattro
Fontane,
The Queluz National Palace in
Rome, Italy
Portugal

• The curving walls were

• The external façade is often absent , the building façades
characterized by a dramatic central were straight.
projection.
External facade
• There is a mixture of columns
and pilasters.

• Sculptures decorate the top of

the façade.

• Small pediment can also be Czapski Palace in Warsaw , Poland

seen.
• The more of emphasis on
the columns cannot be seen.

• The sculptures were also

absent in most of the
St. peters basilica buildings.
By Maderno
 Walls

North side of the Catherine Palace in

Tsarskoye Selo.
Façade of San Carlo alle Quattro
Fontane,
Rome, Italy
• The walls were mostly
• Curving walls were used that
flat, and smooth.
creates light & shadow.
Walls
the wall were mostly flate, and smooth. the
more of emphasis on the columns cannot be
seem. the curvin walls were absent, the
building facades were straight.
Openings •Doors and woodwork had minor
carvings, the carvings were not deep
like in baroque buildings.
•The often had decorations on the
walls, doors, and draperies.
•Even sometimes the door frames
were covered with gold
•The openings were sometimes
ornamented and were of
mostly rectangular shape.

•The windows are glazed with

clear glass.

•Also uniform lighting by

means of several windows.
Openings
Features of door
minor carving is done in rococo style carving
not deep like baroque. door frams covered
with gold.

Featurees of windows
the palladian, arch or window has become
one of the most instantly recognizable
features of palladianism.the palladian or
venetian window features of largly in
palladio’s work and is almost a
trademark of his early career.
Roofs
Façade of San
Carlo alle
Quattro
Fontane,
Rome, Italy

• Mansard roof, a staple of French

Czapski Palace in Warsaw , Poland
architecture, came to prominence
during the Baroque period.
• In rococo style the
• These roofs have two vertical roofs were also
slopes on each side of the building. Mansard , and also
The upper slope looks flat, and sometimes pitched .
together they give the appearance of
a lowered roof height.

roof
mansard roof have two vertical
slopes on each side of the
building. the upper slope looks
flat, and together they give the
appearance of a lowered roof
height.
 ceilings are made out glass light
is coming from top to bottom
and all interior spaces are
lighted.
 rococo period started just after
the
 baroque and it was highly
influenced by the baroque style.
the roofs were mainly flate or
sloping.
domes
rococo churches
include frescoes,
ornamentation,
decorated domes. the
dome is decorated
with complex
geometric pattern of
coffers octagons, amd
hexagons.
tall corinthans
columns bear the main
entablature.
Ornamentation

SanCarlo alle
Quattro
Fontane,
Plan and
Interior
The Rococo library in the Mafra National
 Baroque churches included Palace, Portugal.
frescoes, ornamentation, decorated
• Rococo rooms were designed as
domes.
total works of art with elegant and
 The dome is decorated with a ornate furniture, small sculptures,
complex geometric pattern of ornamental mirrors, and wall
coffers of crosses, ovals, octagons paintings
and hexagons.
 the curving walls were
absent, the bulding
facades were straight.
the more of emphasis
on the columns cannot
be seen. the
 sculptures were also
absent in most of the
 buildings. facades were
 and have hevily carved
 entablature.
 Rococo painting in
France began with
 the graceful, gently
 melancholic paintings
of Antoine Watteau,
interior decoration

 THE INTERIOR DECORATION OF ROCOCO

ROOMS WAS
 DESIGNED AS A TOTALY WORK OF ART
WITH ELEGANT AND ORNATE
FURNITURE, SMALL SCULPTURES
ORNAMENTAL MIRRORS, AND TAPESTRY
COMPLEMENTING ARCHITECTURE,
RELIEFS, AND WALLPAINTINGS. OTHER
ELEMENTS
 BELONGING TO THE ARCHITETURAL
STYLE OF ROCOCO
 INCLUDE MUMEROUS CURVES.