Fortunately for lovers of the city's remarkable architecture, The Palazzo Zuccari — aka the Monster House — is not only ... Zuccari designed the whimsical Baroque door and windows for his ...

The same was soon thought of all architectural projects – the Baroque did not simply build 'buildings'; it ... architect (the residence has changed owners many times and today houses the Fryderyk ...

There are actually two palaces here – separated by an ornate 17th-century French-style garden – which some say are among the best examples of Baroque architecture in the world. Formerly home ...

Catlin’s new biography, which sheds light on the life, work, and artistic daring of Edwin Rickards, a key figure in Edwardian ...

The Baroque building was constructed over the 16th ... which becomes the lively heart of the house,” De Cotiis continues. He has designed an elegant envelope, where surfaces soft and hard ...

The ‘dotted rhythm’ and vertiginous proportions make the design seem Baroque ... architectural keynote of the design is suitably Palladian; the Cube Room’s perfect proportions derive from the ...

Its roots lay in the traditions of the Polish nobility and its influence can still be found today, particularly in some of the country’s best-loved architecture. But just why did the Baroque take off ...

Baroque architecture is closely entwined with the Counter-Reformation, an effort by the Catholic Church to respond to the rising challenge of Protestantism across Europe. Church leaders used ...