17th-Century Baroque Architectural Style

Type Object Region Europe Time 1600–1700

Baroque architecture was 17th-century Europe's dominant spatial aesthetic, marked by dynamic facades, interwoven curves and straight lines, dramatic …

Timeline

1641–1645Rome · RomeBy the 1640s the Roman Baroque church and piazza system was highly mature; Bernini's St. Peter's Square and several facade renovations established a paradigm combining grand axes, curved walls, and sculptural groups, becoming a blueprint referenced by architects across Europe.
1646–1650Central European and Iberian states · FranceIn the late 1640s the Baroque style spread through Jesuit churches, monasteries, and princely palace projects to France, Habsburg lands, and Spain's American colonies; facade decoration, clerestory windows, and stucco sculpture became a shared visual language of Catholic and royal space.

Sources

Baroque architecture https://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-architecture
The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque — Ludwig H. Heydenreich (1974)