Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750: Volume 1: The Early Baroque 1600-1625

The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series

by Rudolf Wittkower

This classic survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture focuses on the arts in every center between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods. The heart of the study, however, lies in the architecture and sculpture of the exhilarating years of Roman High Baroque, when Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona were all at work under a series of enlightened popes. Wittkower’s text is now accompanied by a critical introduction and substantial new bibliography. This edition will also include color illustrations for the first time.

This is the first book in the three volume survey.

Genres: Art, Architecture, Art History, History, Nonfiction

132 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 1999

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably a wonderful book for the right reader, but I was looking for a more basic introduction to the art of the period.