FILE: 11_Chiswick House_Boyle.jpg

TITLE: ARCHITECTURE - Chiswick House - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ENGLAND

DESCRIPTION: BOYLE. In London. Based on Palladio's central planned Villa Rotunda in Venice ( see High Renaissance in Italy #57) but: 1. only 2 entrances (not 4) 2. higher dome. Classicism during this period in England is called Rococo - an extension of Baroque decorative design.