HOA2_RENAISSANCE IN BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS

Zueghaus

by Antoninus van Obbergen is a good example of brick architecture in Belgian renaissance. It has simple mullion & transom windows, scrolls, broken gables & strapwork decorations. It is a repertory of ornate gables, strapwork & banded orders

Gran Arsenal

by Antoninus van Obbergen is a repertory of ornate gables, strapwork & banded orders.

Old Chancellery

a Baroque townhouse has mullioned & transomed windows, a central gable, crockets & figures

Guild Houses, Brussels

are Belgian-Baroque & Rococo fantasies indicating the wealth of craftsmen & tradesmen. The names of the houses are often indicated by a little statue or some part of the decoration. No house numbers were given but names

Guild Houses, Antwerp

reflect the tradition of building in wood with their use of stone to imitate wooden pillars and beams. Guild houses are characterized by their variety, each facade strives to be different in height and rhythm

Townhall, Antwerp

designed by Cornelis Floris was the first major Italianate building in the region (modeled from Italian palazzo)

Place Royal, Brussels

by Barnabe Guimard, is an Antiquarian style

Town Hall, Leiden

by Lieven de Key is noteworthy for its strapwork, fretwork & other ornaments typical of early renaissance in Netherlands

Mauritshuis

by Jacob van Campen & Pieter Post is a Dutch Palladian style. It has a large art collection, including paintings by Dutch painters such as Rembrandt van Rijn

Royal Palace, Amsterdam

by Jacob van Campem is a Dutch Palladian style with no ornamentation. It was built on 13,659 wooden piles and cost 8,5 million gulden. It was originally built as a town hall & was the largest secular building in Europe in the 17th cent. A yellowish sandstone from Bentheim in Germany was used for the entire building. Marble was used for the interior

Town Hall, Enkhuizen

by Steven Vennecool represents the late stage of the Palladian phase

Town Hall, Groningen

by Otten Husly in Dutch Palladian Antiquarian style

Ruben's House

was designed by the artist Peter Paul Rubens for himself. Its courtyard is one of the most florid architectural creations of the period

Town Hall, Lier

by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger is a French-influenced Brabantine Rococo architecture

Basiliek van Scherpenheuvel

is a pilgrimage to Proto-Baroque church by Wenzel Corberger. It was the earliest centrally-planned & domed church in the Low Countries

S. Charles Borromeo

by a Jesuit architect, Pieter Huyssens in Baroque style

S. Michael

is a close approach to Baroque in Rome while ornament is native to Netherlands.

West Church

by Hendrick de Keyser. It has the highest tower in Amsterdam. This Protestant church is the largest church in the Netherlands.

The East Church

by Francis Drijfhout & Pieter Post has some resemblance to Scherpenheuvel Church