Churriguerism
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The churrigueresque ( Spanish churrigueresco ) is a Spanish by the architect and sculptor José de Benito Churriguera and his brothers named Iberian and Latin American variety of the late Baroque in the period from about 1690 to 1750.
Style features
The Churrigueresque style is characterized above all by the consequent negation of the principles of support and load and by the concealment of classical architectural elements ( column , capital , pilaster , lintel, etc.). The result is a seemingly random, overloaded, fragmented and overgrown decor that is mainly found on altarpieces and similarly designed portal facades. Churriguerism has its roots in the Plateresque style, which stands between late Gothic and Renaissance , and its early form, the Isabelline style .
The hallmarks are above all rotated column shafts (“ Solomonic columns ”) as well as obelisk-like pilasters standing on top and interrupted by other decorations .
Examples
- Altarpiece in the Convento de San Esteban , Salamanca (designed in 1692)
- Palace of the banker Goyeneche, Nuevo Baztán , Madrid (1709–1713)
- Portal facade of the Real Hospicio de San Fernando , Madrid (around 1725)
- Bridge figures on the Puente de Toledo , Madrid (around 1725)
- Plaza Mayor , Salamanca (around 1725-1730)
- Coro and Trascoro of the new cathedral , Salamanca (1730–1740)
- Portal facade of Monte de Piedad , Madrid (1733)
- Portal facade of the Monasterio de Uclés (around 1735)
However, the churrigueresque style experienced its heyday in the churches and monasteries of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial baroque in Central and South America , with Indian decorating joy sometimes enriching the style. Particularly noteworthy are the facade of the church of the Jesuit college in Tepotzotlán and the church of Santa Prisca (1751–1758) in the Mexican silver city of Taxco .
Taxco , Mexico - facade of Santa Prisca
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Altarpiece
