Description: Superb Baroque Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Boggero etal 2020DJ HB LN 240821 Genoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Europe in the seventeenth century. The wealth accumulated by its leading families spurred investment in the visual arts on an enormous scale. This volume explores how artists both foreign and native created a singularly rich and extravagant expression of the baroque in works of extraordinary variety, sumptuousness, and exuberance. This art, however, has remained largely hidden behind the facades of the city's palaces, with few works, apart from those by the school's great expatriates, found beyond its borders. As a result, the Genoese baroque has been insufficiently considered or appreciated.Lavishly illustrated, A Superb Baroque is comprehensive, encompassing all the major media and participants. Presented are some 140 select works by the celebrated foreigners drawn to the city and its flourishing environment—from Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Giulio Cesare Procaccini to Pierre Puget, Marcantonio Franceschini, and Francesco Solimena; by the major Genoese masters active for much of their careers in other settings—Bernardo Strozzi, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Filippo Parodi, and Alessandro Magnasco; and above all by the brilliantly synthetic but unfamiliar masters who worked primarily in Genoa itself—Gioacchino Assereto, Valerio Castello, Domenico Piola, and Gregorio De Ferrari. Offering three levels of exploration—essays that frame and interpret, section introductions that characterize principal currents and stages, and texts that elucidate individual works—this volume is by far the most extensive study of the Genoese baroque in the English language.Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC LN - wonderful book We are 100% staffed with volunteers and all our items are donated. All our profits are returned to our local library to help fund children and adult educational programming. Our goal is to get all items dispatched from our location within 24-48 hours; however, we do not have access to our inventory on holidays. We ship by USPS Media Mail when possible and provide tracking numbers. We offer combined shipping when you order multiple items. We are committed to ensuring each customer is entirely satisfied with their purchase. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us directly.
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Book Title: Superb Baroque : Art in Genoa, 1600-1750
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 1.7 in
Topic: General, European, History / Baroque & Rococo
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Genre: Art
Item Weight: 84.4 Oz
Author: Franco Boggero, Piero Boccardo, Jonathan Bober, Peter Lukehart, Andrea Zanini
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