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Baroque Art - A Topical Dictionary (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,618
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Baroque Art - A Topical Dictionary (Hardcover): Irene Earls

Baroque Art - A Topical Dictionary (Hardcover)

Irene Earls

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The major topics painted and sculpted during the 17th century are featured here. Baroque artists chose stories not only from the Bible but also from mythology; these are not included in art history texts. In this volume, one finds the primary sources: The Golden Legend, the Bible, Ovid, and Plutarch, to name a few. Each entry concludes with an example of a work depicting the topic under examination (Diana Hunting, Lot and His Daughters, for instance) along with a readily available source where the work is pictured. The only reference of its type for art students, this is a companion piece for the author's earlier (Greenwood, 1987). The turbulent 17th century resulted in two main artistic styles: an expressionistic, sensual kind of emotional outpouring and a silent, classical mode of the highest possible decorum. These styles focused on topics that were mostly mythological or religious: maenads, satyrs, and nymphs pouring wine, carrying baskets of flowers, and lounging at a mythological event; angels shown in the heavens or with the characters on earth. Art students until now have not had a single source that attempts to describe the topics of this intensely artistic age with artists as different in approach as Bernini and Rembrandt. Direct quotes from primary sources including the ^IBible^R and Ovid enrich the descriptive material. Extensive cross-referencing adds to the user-friendly aspect of the dictionary.

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Imprint: Greenwood Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 1996
Authors: Irene Earls
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29406-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > Baroque art
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General
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LSN: 0-313-29406-2
Barcode: 9780313294068

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