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English Baroque
English Baroque is a term sometimes used to refer to the developments in English architecture that were parallel to the evolution of Baroque architecture in continental Europe between the Great Fire of London (1666) and the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
Baroque aesthetics, whose influence was so potent in mid-17th century France, made little impact in England during the Protectorate and the first Restoration years.
Sir Christopher Wren presided over the genesis of the English Baroque manner, which differed from the continental models by clarity of design
Reputation in Baroque Rome" by Maryvelma Smith O'Neil, "The Art Bulletin", Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep. 2003), pp. 608–611, online text
- Wittkower, Rudolf, "Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750", Penguin/Yale History of Art, 3rd edition, 1973,
Further reading.
- Maryvelma Smith O'Neil, "Giovanni Baglione: Artistic Reputation in Baroque Rome", the main monograph in English, though criticised for Ostrow and others for over