Baroque and Rococo / Germain Bazin.
By: Bazin, Germain [author.]
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BookSeries: World of art: Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1964Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0500200181 (paperback).Subject(s): Art, Baroque | Art, RococoDDC classification: 709.03 Summary: "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 Bazin's engaging survey of this rich subject ranges over all Europe and traces the origins and effects of Baroque and Rococo–from the Counter-Reformation to Neoclassicism, Exoticism and even Art Nouveau." - back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 Bazin's engrossing survey of this rich subject ranges over all Europe and traces the origins and effects of Baroque and Rococo - from the Counter-Reformation to Neoclassicism, Exoticism and even Art Nouveau.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index.
"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 Bazin's engaging survey of this rich subject ranges over all Europe and traces the origins and effects of Baroque and Rococo–from the Counter-Reformation to Neoclassicism, Exoticism and even Art Nouveau." - back cover.
Pat Murray Collection.