Overview
The major topics painted and sculpted during the 17th century are featured here. Baroque artists chose stories not only from the Bible but also from mythology; these are not included in art history texts. In this volume, one finds the primary sources: The Golden Legend, the Bible, Ovid, and Plutarch, to name a few. Each entry concludes with an example of a work depicting the topic under examination (Diana Hunting, Lot and His Daughters, for instance) along with a readily available source where the work is pictured. The only reference of its type for art students, this is a companion piece for the author's earlier (Greenwood, 1987). The turbulent 17th century resulted in two main artistic styles: an expressionistic, sensual kind of emotional outpouring and a silent, classical mode of the highest possible decorum. These styles focused on topics that were mostly mythological or religious: maenads, satyrs, and nymphs pouring wine, carrying baskets of flowers, and lounging at a mythological event; angels shown in the heavens or with the characters on earth. Art students until now have not had a single source that attempts to describe the topics of this intensely artistic age with artists as different in approach as Bernini and Rembrandt. Direct quotes from primary sources including the ^IBible^R and Ovid enrich the descriptive material. Extensive cross-referencing adds to the user-friendly aspect of the dictionary.
Full Product Details
Author: Irene Earls
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.730kg
ISBN: 9780313294068
ISBN 10: 0313294062
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 24 September 1996
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The guide is helpful for readers unfamiliar with Baroque art and topics associated with it....A good addition to a comprehensive art reference collection or the reference collection of an undergraduate library. -Choice ?The guide is helpful for readers unfamiliar with Baroque art and topics associated with it....A good addition to a comprehensive art reference collection or the reference collection of an undergraduate library.?-Choice ?Clearly written...providing subject backgrounds of works of art for art-history students who may need iconographical information...The information that Baroque Art...provide[s] on popular subjects and works of art...will be useful in museum, academic, and large public libraries where art-history material is in demand.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Clearly written...providing subject backgrounds of works of art for art-history students who may need iconographical information...The information that Baroque Art...provide[s] on popular subjects and works of art...will be useful in museum, academic, and large public libraries where art-history material is in demand. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Clearly written...providing subject backgrounds of works of art for art-history students who may need iconographical information...The information that Baroque Art...provide[s] on popular subjects and works of art...will be useful in museum, academic, and large public libraries where art-history material is in demand. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Author Information
IRENE EARLS, a Professor at the University of Florida, teaches advanced placement Art History to academically gifted high school students. She is the author of Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1987) and Napoleon III L'Architecte et l'Urbaniste de Paris (1991).
