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A characteristic feature of this style is the [[Rustication (architecture)|rustication]] that appears on the walls of the [[Monastery of San Francisco, Lima]]. This style prevailed since the middle of the 17th to the late 18th century. Gave rise to [[Churrigueresque]] and [[Rococo]]. Are representative examples of Baroque in [[Lima]], the [[Torre Tagle Palace]], the churches of San Francisco and San Marcelo. In [[Cuzco]] the [[Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Cusco|Cathedral of Cuzco]] (mestizo baroque), the churches of Santo Domingo and San Sebastián. In [[Arequipa]] the [[Church of la Compañía]]. |
A characteristic feature of this style is the [[Rustication (architecture)|rustication]] that appears on the walls of the [[Monastery of San Francisco, Lima]]. This style prevailed since the middle of the 17th to the late 18th century. Gave rise to [[Churrigueresque]] and [[Rococo]]. Are representative examples of Baroque in [[Lima]], the [[Torre Tagle Palace]], the churches of San Francisco and San Marcelo. In [[Cuzco]] the [[Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Cusco|Cathedral of Cuzco]] (mestizo baroque), the churches of Santo Domingo and San Sebastián. In [[Arequipa]] the [[Church of la Compañía]]. |
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===Churrigueresque baroque=== |
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It was the most ornate [[Baroque]] and distinguished by the use of complicated and whimsical ornaments exaggerated, his advocate was a Spanish architect named [[José de Churriguera]]. These are magnificent examples of this style in Lima the facade of churchs of [[Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Lima)|Nuestra Señora de la Merced]] and [[Church of San Agustín (Lima)|San Agustín]]. |
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[edit] French Baroque or Rococo Style |
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In the eighteenth century, with the introduction of the French Bourbon dynasty came to Spain this style that was characterized by non-rounded balconies, the decrease in the ornamentation ornaments in columns (these are less twisted) while the characteristics of the baroque are the use of curves and undulating lines. |
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Are characteristic of rococo Fifth Dam, the House Larriva (rococo facade but Granada), the House of the Thirteen Coins (rococo facade Lima), the House Osambela and Paseo de Aguas, all located in Lima. |
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==See Also== |
==See Also== |
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Revision as of 15:50, 19 August 2012
The Peruvian viceroyal architecture, developed in the Viceroyalty of Peru between the 16th and 19th centuries, was characterized by the importation and adaptation of European architectural styles to the Peruvian reality, yielding an original architecture.
The use of building systems as the quincha, the ornamentation of Andean iconography and solutions to give new forms to Peruvian viceroyal architecture an own identity.
Renaissance Style
In the early days of the colony was developed the Renaissance style, which had occurred in Europe following the stream of the Italian Renaissance. This style was characterized by the use of ornaments and watermarks that were giving away the architectural lines of the building's likeness chiseled work of silver, hence the name plateresque and where art blends Gothic, Romanesque and Arabic of the colonial period, from the 16th to mid-17th century. These are magnificent examples of this style in Lima facades of the Cathedral of Lima and the Casa de Pilatos. In Ayacucho the facades of the churches of San Francisco and La Merced.
Baroque style
The Baroque was distinguished and characterized by his heavy ornamentation, of predominantly curved lines, giving an aspect of free movement. Predominant decorative elements in columns, pilasters (columns embedded), cornices, and a modification of the classical forms, the Greek columns lose its purity to wring, as thick snakes, its trunks to form Solomonic column and ornaments acquired great exuberance.
A characteristic feature of this style is the rustication that appears on the walls of the Monastery of San Francisco, Lima. This style prevailed since the middle of the 17th to the late 18th century. Gave rise to Churrigueresque and Rococo. Are representative examples of Baroque in Lima, the Torre Tagle Palace, the churches of San Francisco and San Marcelo. In Cuzco the Cathedral of Cuzco (mestizo baroque), the churches of Santo Domingo and San Sebastián. In Arequipa the Church of la Compañía.
Churrigueresque baroque
It was the most ornate Baroque and distinguished by the use of complicated and whimsical ornaments exaggerated, his advocate was a Spanish architect named José de Churriguera. These are magnificent examples of this style in Lima the facade of churchs of Nuestra Señora de la Merced and San Agustín. [edit] French Baroque or Rococo Style In the eighteenth century, with the introduction of the French Bourbon dynasty came to Spain this style that was characterized by non-rounded balconies, the decrease in the ornamentation ornaments in columns (these are less twisted) while the characteristics of the baroque are the use of curves and undulating lines. Are characteristic of rococo Fifth Dam, the House Larriva (rococo facade but Granada), the House of the Thirteen Coins (rococo facade Lima), the House Osambela and Paseo de Aguas, all located in Lima.