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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
Collection of expandable images used in a course at the Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia, covering Italy, France and England.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html
Baroque Architecture
Images and information on buildings in the Baroque style and their architects, provided by Great Buildings Online.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/baroque.html
Versailles
Elegant bilingual official site offering history, guided tour via an interactive map, 360-degree panoramas, gallery of masterpieces and visitor information.
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/
17th-Century Architecture
Images from Prof Jeffery Howe, Boston College, of Rubens' houses and the Church of St Charles Borromeo in Antwerp, Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles, France.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/17arch_europe.html
St Paul's Cathedral, London
The official site of the magnificent Baroque church designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673. It has an illustrated chronology and 360-degree panoramas that require QuickTime VR.
http://www.stpauls.co.uk/
Itineraries of Baroque Art
Travel Italy provides an illustrated taster of the flamboyant Baroque architecture of Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Lecce, Palermo and Cagliari.
http://www.travel.it/archaeol/baroc/baring.htm
Baroque Architecture
Art Images for College Teaching provides photographs of masterworks of the Baroque, including San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane, Versailles and St Paul's Cathedral, London.
http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/renbrq/brqarch.html
Baroque Rome in the Etchings of Giuseppe Vasi
Vasi published 10 books of etchings of the monuments of Rome (1746-61), which can be seen here alongside photographs of the same locations today.
http://members.tripod.com/romeartlover/index.html
17th-Century Italian Architecture
San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.
http://worldart.sjsu.edu/prt82*1$596
Triumph of the Baroque, Architecture in Europe: 1600-1750
A virtual tour of the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States, 21 May - 9 October 2000.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/splash.htm
History of Baroque Architecture
Photographs of several notable Baroque churches in Rome. Part of History of Western Architecture from the Leo Masuda Architectonic Research Office.
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/baroque.html
Baroque Architecture of St. Petersburg
Outline by E. Kalnitskaya, with gallery of expandable photographs of notable buildings. From Little Russia.
http://russia-in-us.com/St.Peterburg/
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