Seventeenth-Century Art & Architecture - Softcover

Harris, Ann Sutherland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131455818 ISBN 13: 9780131455818

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2004

Synopsis

This excellent introduction to the major developments in art and architecture that emerged from seventeenth-century Western Europe bridges the gap between the specialized study and a more general survey. Seventeenth-Century Art and Architecture encompasses the socio-political and cultural background of the period. In the process it examines the careers of the most significant painters, sculptors, and architects, and those of less well-known artists. Major artists covered include Bernini, Borromini, Caravaggio, Carracci, Claude, Girardon, Guercino, Hals, Jones, Le Brun, Le Vau, Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, Reni, Ribera, Rubens, Ruisdael, Steen, Van Dyck, Velázquez, Vermeer, Wren, and Zurbarán. The seventeenth century also witnessed the emergence of successful women painters such as Artemisia Gentileschi and Clara Peeters, who receive due attention here.

About this title

Review:

"Commended" The Art Quarterly"

About the Author:

Ann Sutherland Harris is Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A specialist in both Italian and French seventeenth-century art, her publications include Andrea Sacchi, Selected Drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and (with Linda Nochlin) Women Artists, 1550-1950, as well as many articles and contributions to museum and exhibition catalogues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131455818
• ISBN 13: 9780131455818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 426