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ART HISTORY REPORT COMPARING BAROQUE ARCHITECTS TO MODERN DAY ARCHITECTS Architecture in the baroque time period The typical baroque structure has elements from the classical period, exhibiting an unistructural and over-ornamented building. Buildings from the baroque period appear spacious, passionate, sensual, extravagant and versatile. They also employ techniques never seen before. The baroque time period was also a time of revolutions in science during which many new discoveries were made. These included the fact that …

…circular. As a result of Wright and Borromini using curves they create the illusion of their building is bigger than it actually is. This occurs in many other Baroque churches and chapels. Wright’s museum is not of the style when he uses reinforced concrete. Also both the museum and the church had a central open area. Wright’s museum is hard to compare to other Baroque structures because they have almost nothing in common.