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Day 18 Week 04

 

Johann Michael Fischer, The Rococo Basilica at Ottobeuren Abbey, 1748-55

Although the exterior of this basilica is done in the Baroque Style, the interior is a testament  to the overwhelming Rococo. The heavy integration of ornament creates soft transitions from the architecture to illusionary painted images. Rococo borrows its name from a decorative pattern used in France during the 18th century.

 
 

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