A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Bober Jonathan
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Bober Jonathan The legendary splendor of Genoese baroque artGenoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for…
Specifikacia A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Bober Jonathan
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Bober Jonathan
The legendary splendor of Genoese baroque artGenoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Europe in the seventeenth century. This volume explores how artists both foreign and native created a singularly rich and extravagant expression of the baroque in works of extraordinary variety, sumptuousness, and exuberance. The wealth accumulated by its leading families spurred investment in the visual arts on an enormous scale.
As a result, the Genoese baroque has been insufficiently considered or appreciated.Lavishly illustrated, A Superb Baroque is comprehensive, encompassing all the major media and participants. This art, however, has remained largely hidden behind the facades of the city's palaces, with few works, apart from those by the school's great expatriates, found beyond its borders. Presented are some 140
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