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Alhambra. 1238-58. Moorish palace at Granada.
Austrasia. 511-751. East Frankish kingdom. Part of Merovingian Empire. 7C Mayors of Palace held power. Carolingian Empire. Clovis. Neustria.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Bloody Sunday. 1887. Police kill 2 Socialists in Trafalgar Square Riot. 1905. Slaughter of petitioners to Winter Palace of Nicholas II leads to Russian Revolution. 1972. 13 killed in Londonderry riot.
Brosse, Salomon de. 1571-1624. Architect: Luxembourg Palace 1615.
Buckingham Palace. 1703. Rebuilt by Nash 1825. London residence of British sovereigns since 1837.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Chaillot Palace. By Carlu, Boileau, Azéma. Completed 1937.
Crystal Palace. 1851. Built for the Great Exhibition, London. First iron-framed. Burned, 1936. Paxton.
Delorme, Philibert. c1510-70. French Classical architect. Tuileries Palace 1564. Old Paris Hôtel de Ville.
Élysée Palace. 1718. Site of Napoleon’s abdication 1815. French president’s residence since 1873.
Fischer von Erlach, J.B. 1656-1723. Austrian architect. Intro. baroque. Schönbrunn Palace 1696, Church of St Charles Borromeo 1716-37.
Forbidden City. 1421-1911. Peking. Emperor’s fortified palace. Commoners forbidden to enter.
Golden House. 65. Nero’s huge Roman palace.
Hildebrandt, Johann von. 1668-1745. Austrian Baroque architect. Belvedere Palace 1700.
Holyroodhouse. 1501 Edinburgh Palace.
Jade Emperor. Taoist supreme god of the universe, lives in jade palace.
Kremlin. 1156 walled city. Moscow Imperial Palace to 1712. Now houses Russian government.
Lateran. Complex of 3 buildings in Rome. 16C Palace was papal residence to1309.
LeBrun, Charles. 1619-90. Painter. Head of Gobelins Tapestry Works, 1662-. Versailles decorator.
Le Nôtre, André. 1613-1700. French landscapist. Tuileries 1637. Fontainebleau. Versailles 1663.
Le Vau, Louis. 1612-70. Architect at Louvre, Versailles, Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Lescot, Pierre. 1515-1578. Architect 1546 of current Louvre Palace.
Lombardo, Pietro. 1435-1515. Antonio 1458-1516. Tullio 1455-1532. Italian architects and sculptors. Dante’s tomb 1485. Doge’s Palace 1498.
Louis XIV. Sun King. 1638-1715. French King 1643-. Mazarin regent to 1661. Absolute reign signalled a flourishing of the arts. Built Versailles. Revoked Edict of Nantes. -“L’état c’est moi.”