chapter one
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

PhilipM.Soergel

The Renaissance Inheritance and Catholic Renewal … 7
The Rise of the Baroque Style In Italy … 11
The Achievements of Gianlorenzo Bernini … 13
The Tempestuous and Fanciful Baroque … 14
Architecture in France in the Seventeenth Century … 17
Different Directions in England … 29
Classicism and City Planning in the Netherlands … 34
The Baroque in Central Europe … 36
The Rococo in the Eighteenth Century … 44
The Development of Neoclassicism … 49
Revivals and Romanticism … 57

Robert Adam … 60
Francesco Borromini … 62
François de Cuvilliés … 63
Louis XIV … 64
Christopher Wren … 66

SIDEBARS AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Primary sources are listed in italics
Charles Borromeo on Church Design (excerpt from Borromeo's doctrine advising church architects) … 9
The Prince of Designers (excerpt from Baldinucci's biography of Gianlorenzo Bernini) … 10
Vile Architecture (Bellori's attack on architectural innovation) … 16
A Royal Builder (excerpt from text by Goubert concerning Louis XIV's architectural projects) … 19
The Beautiful and the Ugly (excerpt from Saint-Simon's memoirs attacking court life at Versailles) … 23
The Three Principles of Magnificent Building (excerpt from Gerbier's manual on architectural construction) … 30
In Praise of St. Paul's (poetry encouraging the effort to rebuild St. Paul's Cathedral) … 31
The Sacred Landscape … 37
Shifting Family Values … 45
At Home with the Queen (excerpt from Campan's memoirs concerning the queen's home life) … 52
The Chinese Fashion (excerpt from Chambers' work advising the use of Chinese style and fashion) … 58