Baroque and Rococo (World of Art)

by Bazin, Germain

• ISBN13: 9780500200186
• ISBN10: 0500200181
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-02-17
• Publisher: INGRAM
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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 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(5)
Part One: The Seventeenth Century
Italy	11	(38)
Spain	49	(14)
The Southern Netherlands	63	(18)
The United Provinces	81	(24)
The Germanic Countries	105	(4)
Poland and Russia	109	(4)
France	113	(40)
England	153	(14)
Part Two: The Eighteenth Century
Italy	167	(18)
France	185	(26)
Spain and Portugal	211	(14)
Central Europe and the Germanic Countries	225	(20)
Poland and Russia	245	(6)
The Low Countries	251	(3)
Scandinavia	254	(3)
Great Britain	257	(16)
Bibliography	273	(3)
List of Illustrations	276	(8)
Index	284