Baroque Architecture - An Overview

[@kleahy12]

I loved the presentation. As an engineer, I wish there were some mention of weight-bearing in these structures. Since the structures have lasted so long, they must have been doing something right.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Yes, you're so right. I love teaching how these buildings, especially Gothic ones, are essentially works of engineering, as well as beautiful in their own right. Thanks for your kind comment, and I am so glad you found the video interesting.

[@Skydejavu]

I'm here for all the wrong reasons yet still find this so amusing and beautiful. Both the enlightening explanation with detailed visual representation and historical building really come together and have inspired me.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

That's brilliant! Glad you enjoyed the video, thank-you so much for commenting!

[@uguronatbektas5816]

this was amazing, the way you explained and your examples of baroque was really touched my heart

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thank-you so much for your comment, I am so glad you enjoyed it!

[@CanIBeFrankWithYou81]

Very informative and helpful in distinguishing baroque. Thank you so much for putting this together!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thanks so much for leaving this comment - I am so glad you enjoyed it.

[@Its.benji28]

The counter tenor singing and the piece in the background just matches the drama, restless energy, and extravagance of the baroque period. The baroque period is my favorite period in terms of music, art, and architecture. Great video!!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Cheers for your comment. Yes, I think the music is a great reflection of the style, too! I am so glad you enjoyed the video, thank-you. I hope to get some more out very soon.

[@domtriggs8597]

I think you explained this brilliantly. I’ve also watched your piece on Gothic architecture and enjoyed that as much. Well done. Please keep going

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. So glad you enjoyed them both - I shall definitely make some more! Cheers.

[@lavaembers1533]

Very informative. Thank you for sharing the knowledge and ,of course, the beauty of these styles.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

You are very welcome, and thanks for leaving a comment. Much appreciated. There'll be some new material coming out shortly.

[@georgevelis4651]

Thank you for making this video. It really helped me understand and appreciate Baroque architecture.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

So glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. Thanks for commenting!

[@rs120]

I saw the inside of Asamkirche in person and it was truly beautiful.. I have come to appreciate baroque architecture throughout my travels in Europe although my favorite style is the gothic architecture with its grotesque gargoyles and its arches etc. Great video.. Thank you for the information.. Cheers

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thanks for your lovely comments. I do still find the Asamkirche quite astonishing - like being in someone's convoluted, baroque brain!! Sometimes baroque can seem a lot less rational than gothic...

[@ramseyrosario3126]

Omg thanks for the video I loved it, learned so much .

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thank-you so much for your comment! Glad you found it interesting. I am about to make some more, soon.

[@havingalook2]

So informative. Thank you

[@lockdownlearning2718]

I'm really glad you enjoyed this, thanks for writing and letting me know - it makes it all worthwhile!

[@Quran_Tasjelat]

thank you sir, i do not usually write comments but this is great content

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thanks so much, then, for leaving your comment, I really do appreciate it. So glad you enjoyed the video.

[@vin.handle]

It has dawned on me that the movements in architecture parallel the same movements in art. Gothic followed by Classical Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Mannerist, Neo-Classical, Romantic, etc.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Absolutely! There are so many parallels across the arts, and it is very satisfying to spot all these types of connections.

[@biasousa1086]

INCREDIBLE! THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thank-you very much for your comment, much appreciated. So happy you enjoyed the content.

[@pad66dock]

Most interesting thank you!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

So glad you enjoyed it, thanks!

[@SimonLloydGuitar]

Genuinely beautiful architecture stopped c1940 and has descending to the bottom of the barrel with Brutalism and Modernism. Great architecture lifts the spirit.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

There have certainly been some low points, you're right, but even Brutalism can be uplifting if set in the right context - so often big, bold architecture seemed to have been dumped into the old fabric of town centres, which is why they jar so much, reducing their own intrinsic value, as well as ruining the space around them!

[@jungorgan]

Thank you for the wonderful video!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Cheers, so glad you enjoyed the video! Much appreciated.

[@WillWalterPhotography]

Interesting and informative video, thanks for posting!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thank-you, William! I've enjoyed looking at some of your videos too! All very interesting.

[@judethebeheader]

Lovely

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Cheers for the comment, glad you enjoyed it!

[@cristianasabre3821]

Come to Turin, Italy we have many Baroque buildings and an amazing Church named " LA CONSOLATA" which has a splendid baroque altar and some parts of the abovementioned church are art-works from the Baroque Master Filippo Juvarra.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thanks for your comment! I do like Turin. I don't know that particular church, but I have climbed up to another fine example, the Basilica of Superga. Do you know it at all?

[@cristianasabre3821]

@@lockdownlearning2718 The Church of Superga ( Basilica di Superga) is where our former Queens and Kings of the Savoia Royal Family are buried. Take a look at the beautiful little town of Noto (Sicily). The city is for most of its part a Baroque dreamland ans a real love poem to this particolar architectural style. We call it Barocco Siciliano.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

@@cristianasabre3821 Ah! I was in Noto last summer, as well as Ragusa. Stunning places! Very theatrical, especially Noto.

[@cristianasabre3821]

@@lockdownlearning2718 Did you learn how to speak using your hands and your entire body? That's so Italian and a little Baroque as well . We Italians master that kind of comunication. ...come back again, Italy awaits.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Grazie mille! Si, posso utlizzare le mani quando parlo in italiano! Naturalmente! Pero' non e' sempre facile per un inglese com'io. Ci devo pensare, communque, se' provo di parlare in italiano!@@cristianasabre3821

[@stephanetiana4834]

That's my favorite version of that song. 😭😭

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yueshi2560]

Love the video and the series. Buildings in Petra have broken pediments. I wonder if it's just a coincidence.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Cheers for your comment! Well, yes, in a funny sort of way - the buildings in Petra are a late Roman example of how Classical buildings at the time, just like in Baroque, became increasingly complex and over-the-top. It seems that this tends to happen with stylistic periods, we can even see it in Gothic - things begin quite austere and simple, then edge towards more and more ornate and complex styles. Have you ever looked into Hellenistic architecture and sculpture? This, think, is where the buildings at Petra fit into the whole picture.

[@AdrianaZarate-oi7rp]

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[@obrad9082]

awesome video

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jw7903]

thank you for sharing it's very helpful! It looks like the architects and artist are slowly getting more and more high, until a psychedelic level lol.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Cheers for your comment! I know what you mean - lots of styles seem to go through an early, austere period, then gradually become increasingly ornate and over-the-top. We can see in it Gothic and even ancient Classical stuff too.

[@euroschmau]

Too bad covid is over, because so to are lockdowns and thus lockdown learning 😢 This was a wonderful explanation!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Hi there, and thanks for your comment! Don't worry, I do intend to make some more videos very soon, both language-based and art-history themed, so keep your eyes open for them! So glad you enjoyed what I have done, though! Cheers.

[@Adnancorner]

I would like to know the british Indian Architecture in the British India. They Incorporated Indian classical designs with the european ones.

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Yes, there is a fascinating hybrid style, and not just in India, but across the whole region - apparently Myanmar/Burma has a great deal still, given its isolation over recent decades, which I would love to know more about. Maybe another video...? Thanks for your comment.

[@urbandecay3436]

Get woke, go Baroque!

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Too right! Thanks for your comment.

[@AngryWordsMot]

No way at the baroque time they used only chisel and hammer to.build the intricate stunning buildings. No way the baroque time was a hard time when people worked daily from 8 to 17 just to get basic needs like most people nowadays.

[@Celtopia]

Baroque comes from Baroquo, the Italian name for an uneven rough pearl

[@lockdownlearning2718]

Yes, I had read that somewhere! Quite a brilliant word for the style, isn't it!