Unprecedented in scope - like its companion volume on the High
Renaissance, Mannerism - this sixth volume in the Architecture in
Context series traces the development of architecture and
decoration in the 17th and early 18th centuries - particularly the
transformation of rationalist Classical ideals into the emotive,
highly theatrical style known as Baroque and the further
development away from architectonic principles to the free-ranging
decorative style known as Rococo. It begins with an outline of the
politics of Absolutism and its opposite over the century from the
Thirty Years' War to the War of the Austrian Succession: this is
illustrated with images largely chosen from the major artists of
the day; a supplementary introduction outlines the cross-currents
of painting in the early Baroque era. The first substantive section
deals with the seminal masters active in Rome - Maderno, Cortona,
Borromini and Bernini - and their contemporaries there, in Venice
and in Piedmont. The second section deals with the seminal French
masters - above all Francois Mansart, Louis Le Vau, Andre Le Notre,
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and the latter's followers who developed the
Rococo style in the domestic field. The rest of the book is divided
into three large sections: the Protestant North - the Netherlands,
Denmark, Sweden and Britain; the Divided Centre - the Catholic
powers of central Europe and southern Germany, the Protestants of
northern Germany and the Orthodox Russians; the Catholic South -
the Iberian kingdoms and their dominions in southern Italy and the
Americas.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Architecture in Context |
| Release date: |
June 2017 |
| First published: |
2017 |
| Authors: |
Christopher Tadgell
|
| Dimensions: |
211 x 182 x 55mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
968 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-03895-0 |
| Categories: |
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| LSN: |
1-138-03895-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781138038950 |
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