Postmodernists were not the first to use architecture as a striking stage design and to toy with its viewer using optical illusions, twisted perspectives and buildings whose forms don’t quite follow ...

Baroque Architecture and Baroque Geometry -- Effable Shapes -- Square-Based Proportion -- Effable Number Sequences -- The Golden Section Sequence -- The Fibonacci Sequence -- Heavenly Fabrics -- ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. The Italian Baroque flourished in the South more than in the North, but ...

Winston Churchill's family seat was begun by John Vanbrugh in 1705 and completed almost two decades later by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Much of the bill was footed by the state, in honour of the Duke of ...

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In 1660, the Stuart court that returned from the continent with Charles II brought more than restoration, merriment and a yearning for the old ways. It brought a taste for Dutch and French ...

‘Do you know that I’ve always been rather fascinated by wallpaper?’ says Paolo Portoghesi gently, almost as if trying to break the ice. The 89-year-old architect, historian, poet, designer and ...

Denis De Lucca: Tomaso Maria Napoli: A Dominican friar’s contribution to Military Architecture in the Baroque Age. International Institute for Baroque Studies, 2015. 254 pp. When one thinks of ...

What architectural styles do you associate with gargoyles, dimpled cherubs or brawny industrial workers? What’s the difference between Moorish and Mughal, and which came first? Why do sculpted monkeys ...

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