Art & design styles: Baroque books

Although monkeys had been used to mimic man and his foibles in the margins of medieval illuminated manuscripts,...  Read More >>

Focusing on the Baroque period, this book gives readers the tools they need to grasp the architectural language...  Read More >>

In the tradition of John Richardson's Picasso, a commanding new biography of the Italian master's tumultuous life...  Read More >>

The controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio  Read More >>

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Provides an exploration of the rivalry that existed between the artists of the Renaissance & Baroque eras. This...  Read More >>

In the visual history of the western world, some images and artists have become real icons for entire generations...  Read More >>

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Arte Povera and the Baroque  Read More >>

Willem Key was one of the leading portrait and history painters in sixteenth-century Antwerp. He was born in Breda...  Read More >>

Universally recognised as a brilliant and gifted eighteenth-century artist, Zoffany was regarded by Horace Walpole...  Read More >>

Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art covers all aspects of Rococo art history through a chronology, an introductory...  Read More >>

Features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In...  Read More >>

"A follow-up volume to ""Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor"", which was published to accompany the critically...  Read More >>

Features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In...  Read More >>

Explores the intersections between monarchy, gender, and art through an investigation of the visual and architectural...  Read More >>

Table of Contents: Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Introduction - Eric Jan Sluijter, The Nude, the Artist and the Model:...  Read More >>

A study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome. It offers a fresh understanding of how technological and...  Read More >>

Portraiture is an enduring genre that has captivated artists and viewers for hundreds of years. This book discusses...  Read More >>

Long dismissed as dull face painting, portraiture as a visual art gained new interest with the rise of contextual...  Read More >>

Despite the fact that David Teniers the Younger has always been considered one of the most important and prolific...  Read More >>

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This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)....  Read More >>