Spanish Baroque Revival
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Spanish Baroque Revival is an architectural style that reinterprets the highly ornate, dramatic forms of historic Spanish Baroque architecture in later revival-period buildings.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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revival style → |
| basedOn |
Churrigueresque architecture
→
historic Spanish Baroque precedents → |
| contrastsWith |
restrained neoclassical revival styles
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| countryOfOrigin |
Spain
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| designApproach |
adaptation of Baroque ornament to modern building types
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reinterpretation of historic Spanish Baroque forms → |
| emphasizes |
entrance articulation
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façade composition → visual richness → |
| hasAestheticGoal |
evoke drama
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evoke grandeur → express Catholic and royal symbolism → |
| hasCharacteristic |
balconies with elaborate railings
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broken pediments → cartouches and shields → complex sculptural façades → curvilinear gables → decorative pilasters → dramatic contrasts of light and shadow → dramatic forms → dynamic massing → elaborate portals → heavy use of stucco ornament → highly articulated entrances → niches with statuary → ornamental ironwork → ornate cornices → ornate decoration → rich surface ornament → sculpted stonework → sculptural door and window surrounds → use of religious and heraldic iconography → |
| hasStyleOrigin |
Baroque architecture
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| inspiredBy |
Spanish Baroque architecture
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| movement |
historicist architecture
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revivalism in architecture → |
| periodOfUse |
early 20th century
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late 19th century → |
| relatedTo |
Baroque Revival architecture
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Churrigueresque Revival → Spanish Colonial Revival architecture → |
| usedIn |
church architecture
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civic buildings → institutional buildings → residential architecture → theatres → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Bode Museum
("Neo-Baroque architecture")
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Buda Castle ("Neo-Baroque architecture") → California Building (Balboa Park) ("Churrigueresque") → |
architecturalStyle |
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Baroque Revival
("Neo-Baroque")
→
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alsoKnownAs |
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Colonial Baroque
("Spanish Baroque")
→
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influencedBy |
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Spanish Colonial Revival
→
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relatedStyle |
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California Building (Balboa Park)
("Spanish Baroque")
→
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styleInfluence |
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Wilhelminian style
("Neo-Baroque")
→
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usesStyle |