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The Fall of English Baroque Architecture

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Different movements have marked the cultural development of Europe, imposing changes on the society's perception of beauty and style. Some of those cultural transformations have been inspired by an earlier forms of art and architecture, stemming from Ancient Greece for example (Renaissance), and have been acquired to some extent and modified, as a new approach to traditional concepts. Most people have accepted and integrated those ideas into their everyday lives without hesitation but some were unable of approval from mass believes due to clashes with dogma, such as religion. Baroque, is one of those styles that differed from the European based definition of it and was consequently subject to changes in England because of religious pursuits. Two churches have passionately dedicated their beliefs to different notions-Protestants have based their new Christian concepts in England and the Catholic Church remained conservative towards those approaches. This separation resulted in difference in the construction and design in the Baroque architecture to some extent and had an impact on the art, as well. But this is not the sole reason for the premature "finale" of that style in England. Baroque art is less obscure and more daring than the art of Mannerism. It is so dramatic that it often borders with theatricality, and its appeal rarely fails to connect with the human senses and emotions, its language is one of contrasts, of opposing ideas, different and innovative ways of approaching light and proportions of spaces and objects. It is a style of the grotesque and exaggerated sizes and proportions of elements and detail. Baroque buildings are marked with grandeur and curvaceousness, and often stand out with bewildering pattern of lavishing rich surface decoration, twisting ornaments, and gilded statuary. Bright and vivid colours were dauntlessly used by architects to illustrate the ceilings. In order to give at least some comment on the reasons for the short period of time in which English Baroque lasted, a brief introduction into the achievements of the people who have developed this term, needs to be acknowledged. People whose work have embodied the term "Baroque" and thanks to them it has existed on the grounds of Great Britain. Although, different historians have doubted that there

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