摘要
巴洛克(Baroque)原本是葡萄牙文Barroco指變形的珍珠，而後演變為扭曲與複雜的視覺藝術風格名稱，而台灣到底有沒有劇有扭曲元素的真正巴洛克風格建築呢? 台灣具有許多洋風建築，這些建築分布在台灣各處，而我們時常可以看到這些古蹟的報導與評論，坊間時常說這些是巴洛克建築。但是這些真的是巴洛克建築嗎? 我在修習王維潔 先生的歷史與美術克忠，老師隨口提到台灣沒有真正的巴洛克建築。我開始學習了西洋建築史後。我開始反思，台灣坊間常說的巴洛克建築，到底是不是真正的巴洛克風格建築。 經過查證與分析，台灣的西洋風格建築主要是建造於日本治台時期。而設計這些建築的建築師，大多是學於英國維多利亞風格，故在台灣的西洋案例中可以時常看到紅磚與白飾帶等風格元素，而這些元素很難與巴洛克元素(張力、對比、偷窺、情色、劇場、動態、劇力)聯想想在一起。故我們進一步分析建築的立面與平面圖，分析其在結構與設計上是否具有巴洛克風格。
並列摘要
Baroque, from Portuguese Barroco, referred to deformed pearls, and then evolved into a label of distorted and complex visual art style. This paper will verify and analyze if there is genuine baroque building in Taiwan. There are varied historical foreign-style buildings, reported and commented often in different mediae, all over this island. Since my master, Prof. Wang casually in his classes mentioned that there is no real Baroque Style in Taiwan. After studying history of Western architecture, I feel it’s worth digging into this issue. During my studies, I understood that most of the Western Style building in Taiwan were introduced from West during the Japanese Occupation. Those architects were trained in England from which they knew Victorian Style ─ a sort of Historical Eclecticism. Therefore, we often encounter a Western Style edifice with red bricks and white fringe. It’s hard for us to link these features with baroque elements. This thesis will focus on analyzing the form and plan in order to confirm whether it is Baroque Style or not.