Question

(PLATO) Which is NOT a characteristic of Baroque architecture?
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A.
ceiling frescoes
B.
heavy ornamentation
C.
small, simple buildings
D.
dramatic lights and shadows

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is ‘small, simple buildings’. Baroque architecture, beginning in Italy in the 16th century, used embellishment to express the glory and power of the Catholic Church, partly as a response to the political situation of the time - the Protestant Reformation.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. small, simple buildings

Explanation:

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