Styles in Architecture and the Royal Palace of Caserta
Learn to easily distinguish each style in the field of architecture thanks to the Royal Palace of Caserta
Introduction
- Chronology of construction of the main world neoclassical monuments
- Renaissance vs Baroque vs Neoclassical architecture
- Similarities, differences and peculiarities
- The legacy of the Renaissance: the prospect; the grotesque.
- Elements of each style.
Interiors
- Introduction;
- Renaissance vs Baroque vs Neoclassical interior design;
- The ceiling: styles comparison;
- Similarities, differences and peculiarities;
- Elements of each style.
Classical Architecture
- Introduction: the Greek and Roman art;
- Architectural orders;
- The decorative elements;
- Elements of each style.
The Baroque
- From Mannerism to Baroque: from the school of Fontainebleau to the Louis XIV style;
- The Roman Baroque;
- The late Baroque: the Rococo of Louis XV
The Neoclassicism
- The Greek and Etruscan styles.
- Giovan Battista Piranesi;
- Winchelmann, Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Grand Tour;
- Robert Adam and the Palladian style;
- Luigi Vanvitelli;
- The Empire style.