The Krasiński Palace, also known as the Palace of the Commonwealth, is a reconstructed Baroque palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Krasiński Square. Initially erected between 1677 and 1683 for the powerful Krasiński family, it was heavily damaged during World War II and rebuilt in the mid-20th century.
Krasiński Palace, view from the gardens
Krasiński Palace, 1770. Painting by Bernardo Bellotto.
Krasinski Square, 1890s
The Palace in 1939
The Baroque or Baroquism is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well.
Image: WLA metmuseum Venus and Adonis by Peter Paul Rubens
Image: Ecstasy of Saint Teresa September 2015 2a
Image: Cour de Marbre du Château de Versailles October 5, 2011
Pendant in the form of a siren, made of a baroque pearl (the torso) with enameled gold mounts set with rubies, probably circa 1860, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York).
