Italian Baroque Art

by Susan M. Dixon (Editor), Steven F. Ostrow (Contributor)

This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750, highlighting the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple.

Explores themes including: style or the visuality of art; artistic practices and production; artistic communication as projected and experienced; and artists' interactions with the ancient world and with the new sciences
Examines the work of key painters, architects and sculptors from this period, including Caravaggio, Bernini, Guarini and Poussin
Published in the expanding Blackwell Anthologies in Art History series

408 pages, Hardcover

First published August 11, 2008

Reviews

[William Hellberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly intriguing research spanning several areas of the ever so interesting Baroque.