The Seventeenth Century

Cambridge Introduction to the History of Art

by Madeleine Mainstone, Rowland Mainstone

An introduction to many of the greatest figures in Western art-including Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Velazquez--who flourished in the seventeenth century, an age when patrons as well as artists freely planned and produced masterpieces on a grand scale.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction, but nothing controversial or groundbreaking.

[Monica]

Another travel souvenir to read in my old age which is approaching rapidly.