Baroque architecture 1600-1750
Lemerle, Frederique2008
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Baroque Architecture leads the reader through the major creations of the period throughout Europe and beyond, and provides a fascinating account of how this grandiose style developed in relation to the unique urban culture of each nation
Main title:
Baroque architecture 1600-1750 / by Frederique Lemerle and Yves Pauwels; [translated from the French by David Radzinowicz]
Imprint:
Paris Flammarion c2008
Collation:
247 p. colour illustrations map
Contents:
Baroque?1. Figures of effectiveness: New urban sensibilities, new cities: the age of town planningThe apogee of military architectureThe circulation of ideas and forms: architecture on paper2. Italian architectural rhetoric: Rome, the great workshop of the BaroqueBaroque Italy3. Architecture a la francaise: Changes in tasteThe acme of the French manner4. The Hispanic world: Architecture in Spain and PortugalThe South American colonies5. Baroque in Northern and Eastern Europe: Architecture in the Germanic lands and Eastern EuropeNorthern EuropeThe close of the Baroque era
ISBN:
9782080300621 (hbk)
Dewey class:
724.16 BAR
Local class:
724.16
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3457
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 724.16 BAR | Available |