English Baroque

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English Baroque is a 17th- and early 18th-century architectural style in England, exemplified by Christopher Wren’s grand, dramatic church and civic designs that blend classical forms with ornate, dynamic detailing.

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Generate an image of English Baroque (English Baroque is a 17th- and early 18th-century architectural style in England, exemplified by Christopher Wren’s grand, dramatic church and civic designs that blend classical forms with ornate, dynamic detailing.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architecture ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
architecturalElement broken pediments ⓘ
domes ⓘ
elaborate staircases ⓘ
giant orders ⓘ
projecting porticos ⓘ
rusticated bases ⓘ
sculptural decoration ⓘ
towers ⓘ
country England ⓘ
culturalContext late Stuart period in England ⓘ
post-Great Fire of London reconstruction ⓘ
endTime early 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Georgian architecture ⓘ
Palladian architecture in Britain ⓘ
follows Elizabethan architecture ⓘ
English Renaissance architecture ⓘ
Jacobean architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex rooflines and domes ⓘ
dramatic massing ⓘ
dynamic silhouettes ⓘ
emphasis on grandeur ⓘ
monumental scale in civic and religious buildings ⓘ
ornate detailing ⓘ
strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
use of classical orders ⓘ
influencedBy French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque art

Italian Baroque ⓘ
classical architecture ⓘ
notableArchitect Christopher Wren ⓘ
John Vanbrugh ⓘ
Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
Thomas Archer ⓘ
notableWork Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Castle Howard ⓘ
Greenwich Hospital (Old Royal Naval College) ⓘ
St Alfege Church, Greenwich ⓘ
linked to: St Alfege Church

St Anne’s Limehouse ⓘ
linked to: St Anne, Limehouse

St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street ⓘ
St George-in-the-East ⓘ
St James’s, Piccadilly ⓘ
St Mary-le-Bow, London ⓘ
St Paul’s Cathedral, London ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
partOf Baroque architecture in Britain ⓘ
startTime late 17th century ⓘ
usedFor cathedral architecture ⓘ
church architecture ⓘ
civic buildings ⓘ
country houses ⓘ
palaces ⓘ

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

Christopher Wren → style → English Baroque ⓘ
Clare College, Cambridge → architecturalStyle → English Baroque (Old Court) ⓘ
linked to: English Baroque
Kimbolton Castle (alterations) → hasStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
Marlborough House → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
John Vanbrugh → movement → English Baroque ⓘ
subject linked to: John
St Anne, Limehouse → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
Sheldonian Theatre → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
subject linked to: The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Buckingham House → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
Georgian architecture → follows → English Baroque architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: Georgian
linked to: English Baroque
John James → movement → English Baroque ⓘ
Thomas Archer → movement → English Baroque ⓘ
Pelham Humfrey → movement → English Baroque ⓘ
St Clement Eastcheap → style → English Baroque ⓘ
subject linked to: St Clement Eastcheap church
William Talman → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
St Mary le Strand → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
Carolean style → partOf → English Baroque ⓘ
St Martin Ludgate → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
Dyrham Park → architecturalStyle → English Baroque ⓘ
HWV 54 → nationalSchool → English Baroque ⓘ
Cannons → style → English Baroque architecture ⓘ
linked to: English Baroque
James Thornhill → movement → English Baroque ⓘ
William Turner (composer) → movement → English Baroque ⓘ