Italian Frescoes: The Baroque Era, 1600-1800 [精裝]

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Italian Frescoes: The Baroque Era, 1600-1800 presents the Italian Baroque period in its full grandeur, from the arrival in Rome of the style of Annibale Carracci and his pupils through the end of the eighteenth century, when after the long predominance of Baroque forms and expressions the pendulum swung back, bringing a brief revival of High Renaissance style. Supplementing Dr. Steffi Roettgen's text are 420 full-color images and 71 black-and-white illustrations and building plans. Of the twenty-two fresco cycles featured, two-thirds are from the secular sphere and the rest from sacred places, contradicting the common notion that Baroque monumental painting is found mainly in cathedrals and other sites of worship.The volume opens with an illustrated introduction outlining the principles of Baroque wall and ceiling painting. An essay introduces each fresco cycle and is followed by a portfolio of full- and double-page color plates, many of them newly photographed.