Painting of the Baroque

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Baroque painting is regarded as the last of the pan-European styles. Visual art of the 17th century in Italy, France, England, Germany and Spain is treated in the first section of the book. A second section is devoted to Dutch painting, which experienced a remarkable ascendancy and celebrated its "Golden Age" during the Baroque period.
An introductory essay profiles the period and portrays the works of the most important painters as well as their stylistic innovations. 173 explanatory descriptions of the individual pictures provide an insight into the most important painters of the period and their masterpieces. Finally, technique and subjects, Zeitgeist and backgrounds are explained. Painting of the Baroque is a short but thorough introduction to the painting of a whole epoch.
The volume includes the main works of J. Brueghel, Caravaggio, Carracci, Claude Lorrain, van Dyck, Elsheimer, van Goyen, Hals, Hooch, Jordaens, La Tour, Le Nain, Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, Ribera,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Baroque painting is regarded as the last of the pan-European styles. Visual art of the 17th century in Italy, France, England, Germany and Spain is treated in the first section of the book. A second section is devoted to Dutch painting, which experienced a remarkable ascendancy and celebrated its "Golden Age" during the Baroque period.
An introductory essay profiles the period and portrays the works of the most important painters as well as their stylistic innovations. 173 explanatory descriptions of the individual pictures provide an insight into the most important painters of the period and their masterpieces. Finally, technique and subjects, Zeitgeist and backgrounds are explained. Painting of the Baroque is a short but thorough introduction to the painting of a whole epoch.
The volume includes the main works of J. Brueghel, Caravaggio, Carracci, Claude Lorrain, van Dyck, Elsheimer, van Goyen, Hals, Hooch, Jordaens, La Tour, Le Nain, Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, Ribera, Rubens, Ruisdael, Steen, Teerborch, Velázquez, Vermeer and Zurbarán.
Andreas Prater, whose post-doctoral thesis was "Caravaggio — light and colour", has been Professor of Art History at the University of Freiburg since 1994. Hermann Bauer was Professor of Art History at the University of Salzburg 1969-1973 and at the University of Munich 1973-1994. He has written numerous publications on Baroque and Rococo art. Vissza