A Documentary History of Art II.

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•DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF ART
selected and edited by
ELIZABETH G. HOLT
VOL. II
MICHELANGELO AND THE MANNERISTS: THE BAROQUE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The theory and practice of art underwent a number of fascinating changes between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries, changes which are clearly revealed in this unique collection of letters, journals, essays, and other writings by the artists and their contemporaries. In the poems of Michelangelo, the Dialogues of Carducho, or the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds, one discovers the stylistic and philosophical concerns of the artist, while the record of Veronese's trial before the Holy Tribunal, the diary of Bernini's journey in France, the letters of Rubens and Poussin or biographical sketches of Rembrandt and Watteau reveal not only the personalities but also the conditions of the times. These basic and illuminating documents, many of which have never before been available in English or assembled in a single volume,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A
•DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF ART
selected and edited by
ELIZABETH G. HOLT
VOL. II
MICHELANGELO AND THE MANNERISTS: THE BAROQUE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The theory and practice of art underwent a number of fascinating changes between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries, changes which are clearly revealed in this unique collection of letters, journals, essays, and other writings by the artists and their contemporaries. In the poems of Michelangelo, the Dialogues of Carducho, or the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds, one discovers the stylistic and philosophical concerns of the artist, while the record of Veronese's trial before the Holy Tribunal, the diary of Bernini's journey in France, the letters of Rubens and Poussin or biographical sketches of Rembrandt and Watteau reveal not only the personalities but also the conditions of the times. These basic and illuminating documents, many of which have never before been available in English or assembled in a single volume, provide an unparalleled opportunity for new and significant insights into the art and ideas of Michelangelo and the Mannerists, the Baroque and the eighteenth century.
Volume II of A Documentary History of Art is an expansion and revision of the third and fourth sections of The Literary Sources of Art History, edited by Elizabeth Gilmore Holt and published by Princeton University Press Vissza