Art & design styles: Baroque books

A beautiful, lively tour through the portraits of one of the most celebrated painters of 17th century Europe  Read More >>

A collection of the contemporary texts about Thomas Gainsborough, a leading British portraitist and landscape painter...  Read More >>

"Continuazione della mia STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA per ""VITE"" alla maniera del Vasari degli architetti del passato.con...  Read More >>

The spirit, ingenuity and genius of Peter Paul Rubens.  Read More >>

Text in German. So far, research has focused on the drawings, prints and art theory of Pietro Testa. Painting, on...  Read More >>

Explore the treasures of The Frick Collection through the eyes of a diverse group of contemporary writers, artists...  Read More >>

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The essays in this volume show that Versailles was not the static creation of one man, but a hugely complex cultural...  Read More >>

English summary: In the early modern period, many sacred images were moved from churches into the possession of...  Read More >>

Ein einzigartiges Feenreich hatte sich bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg mit der zwischen 1723 und 1729 zum barocken Gesamtkunstwerk...  Read More >>

A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary...  Read More >>

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An in-depth examination of the crucial role that Amsterdam played in Rembrandt's evolution as an artist  Read More >>

An interpretation of the emblematic programme found in the Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Ojos Grandes (Galicia,...  Read More >>

Focusing on the fate and meaning of the two altarpiece paintings commissioned by the Oratorians from Peter Paul...  Read More >>

This book focuses on key monuments of the Baroque style, which varies in different European contexts. It is intended...  Read More >>

This book is a catalog of the exhibition by the architect and draughtsman Sergei Tchoban, which is scheduled for...  Read More >>

French painter Hubert Robert (1733-1808) truly merited the nickname given to him by friends and admirers: Robert...  Read More >>

Im Konzert der europäischen Mächte fand um 1700 ein enormer politischer, sozialer und kultureller Wandel statt,...  Read More >>

Der Band präsentiert 85 seltene Medaillen und Plaketten der Renaissance und des Barocks einer bedeutenden Schweizer...  Read More >>

Carmontelle’s landmark publication, Garden at Monceau, beautifully reproduced to show the Parisian garden’s artistic...  Read More >>

Stretching back to antiquity, motion had been a key means of designing and describing the physical environment....  Read More >>

Textilien waren zentrales Material und Medium des europaischen Interieurs im fruhneuzeitlichen West- und Mitteleuropa....  Read More >>

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