snodin michael nigel llewellyn (4 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. glossy, gilt pictorial stiff wraps w/ white printing. 372 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations. Baroque: Style in the Age of Magnificence offers a new approach to a style that has sometimes been misunderstood. Broadening the traditional view, this book demonstrates for the first time how the style occurs in art, in architecture and in design and the applied arts, not only throughout Europe but all over the world from Goa and the Philippines in the east to Central and South America in the west." "Illustrated with carefully selected and rarely seen objects from public and private collections, the book explores the contexts for the development of the Baroque style, its ornamental language and the key theme of performance and the visual arts. Attractive feature spreads highlight a variety of topics, including opera, fireworks and religious rituals, and investigate churches and palaces as showcases for the pomp and splendour of Baroque art."--Jacket. VG (scuffs, scratches to wraps; edge-wear. spine ends rubbed w/ light scoring to spine. upper corner bumped w/ rubbing to opening pgs. corners rubbed.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. V & A Publishing, London, 2009. 1st Edition . Very Good/Fine. Approx 11.5 '' tall by 10.5'' wide, 372pp & lavishly illustrated throughout. This is in fine condition, the only blot on the landscape is the removal of a bookplate/sticker (?) from the front endpaper (see pic). The rest of the book is in mint condition. This covers artistic style, the world of the baroque artist, performance arts, ecclesiastical, palaces etc. The spread of the style & it's influence in the royal courts of Europe. Also covers the style all over the world from Goa & the Philippines in the east to Central & South America in the west.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. Fully illustrated. ; 11.57 X 9.92 X 1.34 inches; 368 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 368 pages. Slight bumping to corner of DJ, otherwise in clean and tight conditionLavish, opulent, and unabashedly dramatic, the Baroque style developed out of the Renaissance with the primary goal of inspiring awe. The most complex and so phisticated movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Baroque encomp.