<P> The Cornaro family promotes itself discreetly in this chapel . They are represented visually, but are placed on the sides of the chapel, witnessing the event from balconies . As in an opera house, the Cornaro have a privileged position in respect to the viewer, in their private reserve, closer to the saint; the viewer, however, has a better view from the front . They attach their name to the chapel, but St. Theresa is the focus . It is a private chapel in the sense that no one could say mass on the altar beneath the statue (in the 17th century and probably through the 19th) without permission from the family, but the only thing that divides the viewer from the image is the altar rail . The spectacle functions both as a demonstration of mysticism and as a piece of family pride . </P> <P> In Baroque architecture, new emphasis was placed on bold massing, colonnades, domes, light - and - shade (chiaroscuro),' painterly' colour effects, and the bold play of volume and void . In interiors, Baroque movement around and through a void informed monumental staircases that had no parallel in previous architecture . The other Baroque innovation in worldly interiors was the state apartment, a sequence of increasingly rich interiors that culminated in a presence chamber or throne room or a state bedroom . The sequence of monumental stairs followed by a state apartment was copied in smaller scale everywhere in aristocratic dwellings of any pretensions . </P> <P> Baroque architecture was taken up with enthusiasm in central Germany (see, e.g., Ludwigsburg Palace and Zwinger, Dresden), Austria and Russia (see, e.g., Peterhof). In England the culmination of Baroque architecture was embodied in work by Sir Christopher Wren, Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, from ca . 1660 to ca . 1725 . Many examples of Baroque architecture and town planning are found in other European towns, and in Latin America . Town planning of this period featured radiating avenues intersecting in squares, which took cues from Baroque garden plans . In Sicily, Baroque developed new shapes and themes as in Noto, Ragusa and Acireale "Basilica di San Sebastiano". </P> <P> Another example of Baroque architecture is the Cathedral of Morelia, in Michoacán, Mexico . Built in the 17th century by Vincenzo Barrochio, it is one of the many Baroque cathedrals in Mexico . Baroque churches built during the Spanish period are also seen in other former colonies of Spain . </P>

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