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Italian Baroque Sculpture (World of Art) Paperback - 1998
by Boucher, Bruce
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Italian baroque sculpture often has been criticized for portraying a sham world, distracting the spectator from its spiritual poverty by dazzling technical displays. Bruce Boucher offers a fresh view of this rich and varied subject, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the births of 17th-century artists Bernini and Algardi. 200 illustrations. 35 in color.
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Details
- Title Italian Baroque Sculpture (World of Art)
- Author Boucher, Bruce
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First edition
- Condition New
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom
- Date 1998-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ00BVBW_ns
- ISBN 9780500203071 / 0500203075
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.91 x 0.56 in (21.08 x 15.01 x 1.42 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Sculpture, Italian, Sculpture, Baroque - Italy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97060251
- Dewey Decimal Code 735
From the rear 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.