Art & design styles: Baroque books

This detailed analysis of a large, unified body of student drawings from the first public competitions of the Accademia...  Read More >>

Draws on contemporary biographies and a wealth of hitherto unpublished archival material to illuminate the position...  Read More >>

The Baroque period was crucial for the development of art theory and the advancement of the artistic academy. This...  Read More >>

Spine title: Antike Statuen als Modelle.  Read More >>

Supremely successful at the beginning of his life; lonely, bankrupt and virtually ignored at its end, Rembrandt...  Read More >>

In Cesare Ripas ""Iconologia"" (Siena, 1613) taucht die Allegorie der ""Accademia"" auf. Der ausfuhrliche Artikel...  Read More >>

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Universite de Nancy II, 1988).  Read More >>

Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque...  Read More >>

Sculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy. He...  Read More >>

This text is a criticism of the Renaissance mind and its products. It examines art, philosophy and other aspects...  Read More >>

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After the devastations of the early 17th century, a new wish for order and authority arose in France, culminating...  Read More >>

Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: Filips von Zesen Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J....  Read More >>

This volume is the second in the series devoted to portraits and in this volume is confined to portraits painted...  Read More >>

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Fusing the social and economic history with the cultural and artistic achievements of seventeenth and eighteenth...  Read More >>

Shortly before November 1636, Rubens received the commission from Philip IV of Spain to supply more than sixty paintings...  Read More >>

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Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Die Zentralbauprojekte Augusts des Starken"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

Volume 1 of 2-volume set. All portraits, biblical sketches, landscapes, nudes, Oriental figures, classical studies,...  Read More >>

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More than any other artist, the painter Rembrandt developed a charisma through the outstanding quality and originality...  Read More >>

Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Borghese Gallery in Rome and dedicated to the poet Giovan Battista Marino...  Read More >>

The Dutch Golden Age spawned some of history’s greatest artists and artisans, but few can boast the genius of Rembrandt....  Read More >>