Publication

1999 - Harry N. Abrams, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL41437M
  • ISBN-100810941082
  • OCLC Control Number41431746
  • Library of Congress Control Number99033288
  • LibraryThing43247
and 1 more
  • Goodreads4458606

Classifications

  • DDC709/.03/2
  • LCCN6410 .M56 1999

Alternate Titles

  • Baroque and Rococo

Description

"The period 1600-1760 in Europe was remarkable for its artistic diversity, encompassing the dramatic exuberance of Bernini, the psychological acuity of Rembrandt and the sparkling brio of Boucher. Yet the shared principles, concerns and attitudes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries created a kind of internationalism that justifies a survey of the era as a whole."--BOOK JACKET. "Traditional surveys of the period divide their material strictly by countries and chronological periods. By contrast, Vernon Minor looks at the prevalent themes of Baroque and Rococo artistic production through the lens of the dominant institutions of the day. The ideologies of the Counter-Reformation Church, the court of Louis Quatorze and the mercantile economy of the Calvinist Dutch are implicit in much of the painting, sculpture and architecture of the epoch."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Baroque & Rococo: art & cultureHarry N. Abrams1999-01-01

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