Bavarian baroque

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The baroque monastery Ettal 2004

The Bavarian Baroque is in Bavaria widespread modification of Italy arisen Baroque style (from ital. "Barocco = wrong around, strange"). It is particularly represented in sacred architecture . The Baroque period extends from approx. 1600 to 1770, and churches in the Baroque style were later built in rural Bavarian communities.

Church building

Many church buildings in Upper Bavaria have been redesigned or rebuilt in the Bavarian Baroque style. Typical representatives of baroque church buildings are z. B. the Asamkirche in Munich, Ettal Abbey or the Wieskirche . The interior furnishings were often designed in the Rococo style from 1730 onwards .

Non-sacred buildings

There are also numerous examples of non-sacred architecture in the Baroque style in Bavaria. Nymphenburg Palace in Munich is one of the most beautiful baroque palaces in the world due to its unique composition of building and park. Further examples of non-sacred architecture are Schleissheim Palace , the Cuvilliés Theater and the Princely Residence in Kempten.

Panorama Nymphenburg Palace

Features of baroque architecture

The Wieskirche near Steingaden

Features of baroque architecture in general are:

  • Dramaturgical use of light either through strong light / dark contrasts (e.g. Weltenburg Abbey Church ) or uniform flooding through numerous windows (e.g. Weingarten Abbey Church)
  • Use of plastic decorative elements (garlands, putti made of (often gold-plated) wood, swings, cartouches, plaster or stucco, marble or stucco marble)
  • Large ceiling paintings
  • The outer facade is often characterized by a dramatic increase towards the center.
  • The interior is often only a bowl for decorative decoration through painting and plastic (especially in the late baroque).
  • Use of illusionistic effects such as pseudo-architecture or the fusion of painting and architecture

The Wessobrunn School with its very plastic stucco work had a significant influence in the Bavarian Baroque . Particularly typical of the Bavarian Baroque is the construction of onion domes in sacred buildings .

Altarpiece of the Weltenburg monastery church

Representative of the Bavarian Baroque

Well-known representatives of the Bavarian Baroque are u. a.

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