A second book in the three volume survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture which focuses on the arts in every centre between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods.
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The second part of this book, with the generic title 'The Age of the High Baroque', comprises many different artistic tendencies; but the period receives its imprint from the over-powering figure of Bernini, who for more than half a century dominated Italian artistic life at the focal point, Rome. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Baroque, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro da Cortona, Francesco Borromini, Palazzo Barberini, Piazza Navona, Late Baroque, Palazzo Pitti, Carlo Rainaldi, North Italian, Propaganda Fide, Quattro Fontane, Andrea al Quirinale, Cornaro Chapel, Alessandro Algardi, Andrea Sacchi, Palazzo Pamphili, Luca Giordano, Maria del Popolo, Via Lata, Antonio Raggi, Carlo al Corso, Carlo Fontana, Cosimo Fanzago, Francesco Duquesnoy New!
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The second part of this book, with the generic title 'The Age of the High Baroque', comprises many different artistic tendencies; but the period receives its imprint from the over-powering figure of Bernini, who for more than half a century dominated Italian artistic life at the focal point, Rome. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Baroque, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro da Cortona, Francesco Borromini, Palazzo Barberini, Piazza Navona, Late Baroque, Palazzo Pitti, Carlo Rainaldi, North Italian, Propaganda Fide, Quattro Fontane, Andrea al Quirinale, Cornaro Chapel, Alessandro Algardi, Andrea Sacchi, Palazzo Pamphili, Luca Giordano, Maria del Popolo, Via Lata, Antonio Raggi, Carlo al Corso, Carlo Fontana, Cosimo Fanzago, Francesco Duquesnoy New!
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- Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism by Rudolf Wittkower in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Meaning in the Visual Arts by Erwin Panofsky in Back Matter
- Andrea Sacchi by A. S. Harris in Back Matter
- The Imitation Of Christ by St Thomas A Kempis on page 2
- The Imitation of Christ (Hendrickson Christian Classics) by Thomas a Kempis on page 2
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