Baroque
The keystone effect or sometimes called keystoning is caused by trying to project a vertical surface on the tilted image plane of a camera. Keystoning causes the vertical surface to appear tilted or take the shape of a trapezoid. The only way to prevent this is to use a camera with a tilt able image plane such as a bellows camera. That is one reason large format bellows cameras are still used in architectural photography.
This photographer has used the keystone effect to his advantage. The tilt of the building gives additional drama to the bazaar decorative nature of this facade. The tree in the foreground adds depth to the image and helps keep it out of the realm of a purely record shot.
When you look at the levels curve of this black and white image you will see that the distribution of the scale is almost flat across the spectrum. This has resulted in excellent tone rendition without blown out whites or blacks without detail. Note the detail in the leaves and brick work around the windows.
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