Work

Renaissance und Barock

1888
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Legitimated the Baroque as a serious stylistic period. Wölfflin's Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe (1915) later set out the five pairs of formal categories.

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Munich

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  1. Wölfflin. Renaissance und Barock. 1888.
  2. Wölfflin, Heinrich; translated by Simon, Kathrin. Renaissance and Baroque. Collins / Cornell University Press, 1964.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Renaissance und Barock." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-renaissance-und-barock/. Accessed July 17, 2026.