Neo-Baroque

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Neo-Baroque is an architectural style that draws inspiration from the 17th-century Baroque period. It is characterized by a revival of Baroque elements, often with a focus on elaborate ornamentation, dramatic flair, and complex forms. While Baroque architecture aimed for grandeur and emotional appeal, often in service of the Counter-Reformation or absolute monarchies, Neo-Baroque can be seen as a reinterpretation of these characteristics. The term itself suggests a "new" or revived Baroque, indicating a study and application of 17th-century Baroque principles.123

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Norman Shaw
…church [1864–68] at Bingley) to Neo-Baroque (as in the Piccadilly Hotel [1905–08; now the hotel Le Meridien], London) based on 17th-century English Palladian architecture. The latter became the accepted style for British government buildings in the 1920s and ’30s. Shaw’s elegant town houses rely primarily on his individual adaptation of…
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…church [1864–68] at Bingley) to Neo-Baroque (as in the Piccadilly Hotel [1905–08; now the hotel Le Meridien], London) based on 17th-century English Palladian architecture. The latter became the accepted style for British government buildings in the 1920s and ’30s. Shaw’s elegant town houses rely primarily on his individual adaptation of…
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