English summary: In Renaissance und Barock. Eine Untersuchung uber Wesen und Entstehung des Barockstils in Italien, published in 1888, Heinrich Wolfflin takes up the reinterpretation of baroque style. During this neo-baroque trend, a group of art historians strove to re-analyze and reassess this 16th and 17th century style of architecture and also to identify a style of baroque originating in antique times. This quest to find a general...