Baroque and Rococo pulpits are one of elements of baroque churches which I always find of particular interest. Overall, this is something quite "fantastical" about the way in which they are presented. Some come in the form of ships, others are encrusted with windswept saints, the Rococo versions are imbued with all sorts of polychromatic details.
Traditionally their heightened placement part way down the nave fulfilled a practical purpose; namely, in the ages before microphones it allowed the words proclaimed from them to be better amplified and heard by the faithful, but their design also, beside being a continuation of the exuberance of the baroque and rococo styles generally, also had the effect of imparting a certain weight and gravitas to the words proclaimed from them.
So with that in mind, I thought it would be enjoyable to simply give a brief survey of some of these wonderfully delightful and playful elements of the liturgical architecture of the baroque and rococo periods. |
| Klosterkirche Amorbach |
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| St. Sainte-Foy Selestat, France |
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| Klosterkirche Banz |
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| Church of Wies, Steingaden, Bavaria. |
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| St. Nicholas, Prague |
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| Klosterlechfeld |
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| Imperial Abbey of Irsee |
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| Altenerding, Bayern, Germany |
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| Amorbach, Abteikirche |
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| Annakirche, Vienna |
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