Author : Rudolf Wittkower
Release : 1999-01-01
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 418/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750 by : Rudolf Wittkower
Download or read book Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750 written by Rudolf Wittkower. This book was released on 1999-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture focuses on the arts in every center between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods. The heart of the study, however, lies in the architecture and sculpture of the exhilarating years of Roman High Baroque, when Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona were all at work under a series of enlightened popes. Wittkower's text is now accompanied by a critical introduction and substantial new bibliography. This edition-now published in three volumes-will also include color illustrations for the first time.