Churrigueresque

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Baroque architecture style architectural style

Churrigueresque is an elaborate and highly ornamental Spanish Baroque architectural style characterized by intricate stucco work, dramatic façades, and exuberant decorative detail.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Churrigueresque canonical 3
New Spanish Baroque 3
Spanish Baroque 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architecture style ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
aimsTo create visual drama ⓘ
express religious fervor ⓘ
contrastsWith Classical architectural restraint ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
culturalContext Catholic Counter-Reformation art ⓘ
developedIn Castile ⓘ
etymology derived from surname Churriguera plus suffix -esque ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
geographicSpread Latin America ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form: New Spain (colonial Mexico)

Spain ⓘ
hasCharacteristic architectural exuberance ⓘ
complex surface decoration ⓘ
dramatic façades ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
elaborate decoration ⓘ
exuberant detail ⓘ
highly ornamental ⓘ
intricate stucco work ⓘ
sculptural ornamentation ⓘ
strong chiaroscuro effects ⓘ
hasElement Solomonic columns ⓘ
abundant sculptural reliefs ⓘ
broken pediments ⓘ
estípites (inverted tapered pilasters) ⓘ
heraldic motifs ⓘ
ornamental stucco ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Spanish ⓘ
hasStylePeriod 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
influencedBy European Baroque architecture ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Italian Baroque ⓘ
Plateresque ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Plateresque
namedAfter Churriguera family ⓘ
partOf Spanish Baroque ⓘ
relatedStyle Churrigueresque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mexican Churrigueresque
typicalMaterial gilded wood ⓘ
stone ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
usedFor church façades ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
retables ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Baroque
Museo de la Ciudad de México → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Spanish Baroque
Puebla Cathedral → hasArtStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Spanish Baroque
Civic Theatre Newcastle → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Baroque
Palacio de Iturbide → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Spanish Baroque
Torre Tagle Palace → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andalusian Baroque
Churrigueresque → relatedStyle → Churrigueresque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexican Churrigueresque
Altar of the Kings → hasArtisticStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ
Zacatecas City → architecturalStyle → Churrigueresque ⓘ