Italian Baroque Sculpture (World of Art) - Softcover

Bruce Boucher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500203075 ISBN 13: 9780500203071

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Physical description; 224p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 21 cm. Subject; Sculpture, Modern - 17th-18th centuries - Italy.

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'An elegant distillation of information' - The Independent

From the Back Cover:

The sculptural flowering of the Italian Baroque - the sensuous beauty of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne; the spectacular papal tombs in St. Peter's; dramatic altarpieces such as the mystical Ecstasy of St. Teresa; and Rome's dazzling fountains - boldly transcended the traditional limitations of artistic media. Often dismissed in the past for creating a sham world to distract the observer's attention with dazzling technical displays, the sculpture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italy is here reassessed for the first time in more than a generation. Published to coincide with the fourth centenary of the births of Bernini and Algardi, the greatest of Baroque sculptors, Bruce Boucher's book provides an invaluable critical survey of Italian Baroque sculpture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0500203075
• ISBN 13: 9780500203071
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224