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Synopsis
The Baroque is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement. The aristocracy also saw the dramatic style of Baroque architecture and art as a means of impressing visitors and expressing triumph, power and control. Baroque palaces are built around an entrance of courts, grand staircases and reception rooms of sequentially increasing opulence. The Palace of Versailles and St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican are the outstanding buildings from this epoch. There are undreamed-of jewels in Europe and America, the New World, waiting for discovery. Magnificent libraries, vaults of science or mysterious gardens, skilled works of porcelain and illusionistic painting, to name just a few aspects of this complex epoch. With his passion and meticulousness, photographer Achim Bednorz succeeded to get details in front of his camera that cannot even be seen on the original. The photographs that are exclusive for this volume are particularly well-presented in their large format.
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Rolf Toman has worked as an independent art publisher for various international publishing houses for several decades. He authored and edited many acclaimed publications on art history and spirituality.
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Baroque: Theatrum Mundi. The world as a work of art
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
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Baroque: Theatrum Mundi. The World as a Work of Art
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H. F. Ullmann, 2012
ISBN 10: 3848000393
ISBN 13: 9783848000395
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Hardcover. First edition. 41 x 29 cm. Folio. 568pp. A massive work weighing nearly 15 lbs. Glossy illustrated boards in mylar letter duist jacket. Originally published in German as "Barock. Theatrum Mundi. Die Welt als Kunstwerk", this is the English language edition. There are some scratches to the rear of the jacket. Spine lightly bumped. "Baroque art moves and polarizes. As recently as a few years ago, it was regarded as bombastic, largely incomprehensible, or even absurd. This view of the Baroque era has now changed. We have come to recognize the complexity of baroque culture and appreciate how much we owe to the discoveries and events of this age." Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 60149
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Baroque: Theatrum Mundi. the World as a Work of Art
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