Baroque and Rococo: The seventeenth century. Italy ; Spain ; The southern Netherlands ; The United Provinces ; The Germanic...

ISBN-10
0500200181
ISBN-13
9780500200186
Category
Art, Baroque
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
1964
Author
Germain Bazin

Description

Baroque and Rococo art and architecture have become popular once more, after a century and a half of neglect, misunderstanding and scorn. This radical shift in taste has led to a rapid growth of detailed knowledge about the artists who created these exhilarating styles. The famous masters have been reassessed and whole areas of achievement - Italian Baroque painting, German Rococo architecture - have been brought to a new, enthusiastic public. Germain Brazin's engrossing survey of this rich subject ranges over all Europe and traces the orgins and effects of Baroque and Rococo - from the Counter-Reformation to Neoclassicism, Exoticism, and even Art Nouveau.

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