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== Baroque Architecture ==
 
== Baroque Architecture ==
 
[[Image:Church St. Borromeo.jpg|thumb|Church of St. Charles Borromeo at Antwerp]]
 
[[Image:Church St. Borromeo.jpg|thumb|Church of St. Charles Borromeo at Antwerp]]
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The roots of Baroque architecture were in Italy, and from there it spread to France, England, Spain and America. The ornament elements of this period are presented in more complex ways and imagery.  
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This period goes from 1650 to 1750 AD. The roots of Baroque architecture were in Italy, and from there it spread to France, England, Spain and America. The ornament elements of this period are presented in more complex ways and imagery.  
 
   
 
   
 
Some examples of this period are: ''Piazza of St. Peter's'', by Gianlorenzo Bernini, at [[Vatican City]]; ''The Palace of Versailles'', by Andre Le Notre, Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Charles Le Brun, Robert de Cotte, and Ange-Janques Bagriel, at [[Versailles]], France; ''The Christ Church'', by Nicholas Hawksmoor, at Spitalfields, [[London]], [[England]]; ''The Opera'', by Charles Garnier, at [[Paris]]; ''Church of St. Charles Borromeo'', by Pieter Huyssens, S.J., at Antwerp''; Sant'Andrea al Quirinale'', by Bernini, at Rome, Italy; ''Laurentian Library'', by [[Michelangelo]], at [[Florence]], Italy, and ''Galleria Vittorio Emanuele'', by Giuseppe Mengoni, at [[Milan]], Italy.
 
Some examples of this period are: ''Piazza of St. Peter's'', by Gianlorenzo Bernini, at [[Vatican City]]; ''The Palace of Versailles'', by Andre Le Notre, Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Charles Le Brun, Robert de Cotte, and Ange-Janques Bagriel, at [[Versailles]], France; ''The Christ Church'', by Nicholas Hawksmoor, at Spitalfields, [[London]], [[England]]; ''The Opera'', by Charles Garnier, at [[Paris]]; ''Church of St. Charles Borromeo'', by Pieter Huyssens, S.J., at Antwerp''; Sant'Andrea al Quirinale'', by Bernini, at Rome, Italy; ''Laurentian Library'', by [[Michelangelo]], at [[Florence]], Italy, and ''Galleria Vittorio Emanuele'', by Giuseppe Mengoni, at [[Milan]], Italy.
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