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As a result of Napoleon s campaigns in Italy, Old Master art flooded into Britain and its acquisition became an index o......more
Rembrandt van Rjin (1606-1669) was among the few celebrated old masters who enjoyed considerable freedom in his choice o......more
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The six glorious scenes that make up the Triumph of the Eucharist series by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) are highlights......more
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Andreas Schl ter (1659-1714) was a well-known Baroque sculptor and the architect behind some of Berlin s most famous bui......more
Directing unprecedented attention to how the idea of excess has been used by both producers and consumers of visual an......more
In Baroque Science, Ofer Gal and Raz Chen-Morris present a radically new perspective on the scientific revolution of the......more
Cette publication offre un apercu historique du debat sur la vocation fondamentale de l’art: doit-il plaire ou enseigner......more
Americans have long had a taste for the art and culture of Holland’s Golden Age. As a result, the United States can boas......more
This brilliant book focuses on the aesthetic concerns of the two most important sculptors of the early 19th century, the......more
Tells the story of the cole des Beaux Arts and its profound influence on late seventeenth-, eighteenth- and nineteenth-c......more
The renowned Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) established his career in Catholic Rome, maki......more
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In revolutionary France the life of things could not be assured. War, shortage of materials, and frequent changes in pol......more
This volume deals with the triumphal entry of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, brother of King Philip IV of Spain, into A......more
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Before the eighteenth century, the ocean was regarded as a repulsive and chaotic deep. Despite reinvention as a zone of ......more
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The art of Rubens is rooted in an era darkened by the long shadow of devastating wars between Protestants and Catholics.......more
Highly innovative and long overdue, this study analyzes the visual culture of addiction produced in Britain during the l......more
Dating from the 1600s, these rare views of celebrated Roman fountains and gardens represent some of the finest and most ......more
The Baroque period was in some senses the beginning of modern Western scientific and intellectual culture-the early budd......more
This study provides a new analysis of the pictorial ensemble of the Torre de la Parada, the hunting lodge of King Philip......more
Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) was an Austrian fresco painter known for his bold use of color. Although he has been......more
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Examining the literary career of the eighteenth-century Irish painter James Barry, 1741-1806 through an interdisciplinar......more
A beautiful, intricate meditation on creativity and discovery, on fire and rebirth. --Elizabeth Gilbert Awestruck at th......more
Artistic and musical creativity thrived in the Venetian Republic between the early 16th century and the close of the 18t......more
Can painting transform philosophy? In Inventing Falsehood, Making Truth, Malcolm Bull looks at Neapolitan art around 170......more
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Der Band setzt die Edition der Inschriften der 1518 ausserhalb der Mauern Nurnbergs angelegten Begrabnisplatze fort. Er ......more
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A delightfully illustrated literary anthology that explores the fantasies, seductions, and intrigues of the eighteenth-c......more
Over the course of the 18th century a great number of artists, ranging from established painters and sculptors to amateu......more
Through a series of case studies from the mid-eighteenth century to the start of the twenty-first, this collection of es......more
In the late 18th century, as a wave of English nationalism swept the country, the printseller John Boydell set out to cr......more
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The golden age of Bolognese art was the XVII century: in this catalogue the drawings of the great masters held in the Lo......more
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Abounding in cherubs, nymphs, soldiers, kings, dragons, and other flamboyant motifs, this compilation of ornamental desi......more
It would appear that Flemish Baroque has come to be regarded as synonymous with Antwerp Baroque . The aim of this pub......more
The art of painting frescos has extraordinarily ancient roots, dating back to civilizations from the Near East, the Gree......more
Caravaggio was the most revolutionary artist of the Italian Baroque. The intensity and drama of his chiaroscuro style is......more
The eighteenth century was a golden age of public building. Governments constructed theaters, museums, hospices, asylums......more
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Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France constructs the first cultural history of porcelain m......more
The study of the creation of canine breeds in early modern Europe, especially Spain, illustrates the different construct......more
How a famous painting opens a window into the life, times, and philosophy of Ren Descartes In the Louvre museum hangs a ......more
The union of the two royal houses - the Habsburgs and the Bourbons - in the early seventeenth century illustrates the ex......more
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Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the great u......more
In the past, girls from rural southeastern Europe spent their childhoods weaving, sewing, and embroidering festive dress......more
In "When All of Rome Was Under Construction," architectural historian Dorothy Metzger Habel considers the politics and p......more
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In Baroque Science, Ofer Gal and Raz Chen-Morris present a radically new perspective on the scientific revolution of the......more
The Pleasures of the Imagination examines the birth and development of English "high culture" in the eighteenth century.......more
In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Robert’s paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a ne......more
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Bernini at St. Peter s may be a unique case in history: a single artist in change of a grandiose monument in a continuou......more
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is renowned for its world-class collections, and the medium of stained glass was already ......more
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The definition of the Baroque age is still subject to debate among critics and historians. In one of its most commonly a......more
2013 will mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the artist Mattia Preti (1613-1699), who spent forty years of his w......more
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A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "This book resees its subjec......more
Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture is the first in-depth history of one of the great periods of Western art, spanni......more
The rich tradition of printmaking and drawing in Spain has rarely been examined, in part because of the misapprehension ......more
Three hundred years ago, an unprecedented explosion in inexpensive, disposable print--newspapers, pamphlets, information......more
Masters of French Painting, 1290-1920 presents 138 of the most significant and representative works of art in the Wadswo......more
A study of the core elements of the artistic styles looks at the works of well- and lesser-known artists, including pain......more
The turn of the eighteenth century was a period of transition in France, a time when new but contested concepts of moder......more
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor, architect, painter, and playwright, was the most influential artist of seven......more
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The renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn was born in the 17th century at a time known as the Golden Age of Dutch Art......more
With lips slightly parted and eyes fixed on a point in the distance, a breathtaking marble portrait of Costanza Piccolom......more
The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) created a major stir in late-sixteenth-century Rome with the gro......more
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In describing the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, Johan Huizinga said, "Paintings could be found everywhere . . . ev......more
It was not until the middle of the twentieth century that Caravaggio (1571-1610), an Italian painter long considered con......more