... appeal. Some of the greatest works of architecture were either conceived or build during the Baroque period. Many works of baroque architecture were executed on a colossal scale, incorporating aspects of urban planning and landscape architecture. This is most clearly scene in Bernini's elliptical piazza in front of St. Peters in Rome. Bernini devised the immense oval enclosure, its axis running ... that demonstrated just how far, the human race has advanced since its primitive stage. The movement of modern architecture came in the twentieth century, signifying a maturity of the industri...

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