9780300079340 - Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco di Bard Graduate Center For Studies In The Decorative Arts; Nelson-Atkins Museum Of Art (7 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Yale University Press, [Published date: 1999]. Softcover, xvii, 283 pp; 32 cm. Illustrated throughout, some in color. In very good condition. Oversized glossy pictorial soft covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners with a tiny bit of peeling to the corner tips. Light overall scuffing to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, March 10 - June 13, 1999, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, July 25 - October 3, 1999. Edited by Stefanie Walker and Frederick Hammond. Contributors include Maria Giulia Barberini, Thomas Dandelet, Frederick Hammond, Edward J. Olszewski, Eduard A. Safarik, Patricia Waddy, and Stefanie Walker. [From publisher] The Baroque palaces of seventeenth-century Rome were centers for much of the artistic and cultural activities of the city. This book presents some of the magnificent furnishings from these palaces and explains what they reveal of the social life and art patronage of the major families of the Eternal City during this period. [Contents] The Artistic Sources and Development of Roman Baroque Decorative Arts; Inside the Palace: People and Furnishings; Setting the Noble Stage in Baroque Rome: Roman Palaces, Political Contest, and Social Theater, 1600-1700; The Creation of a Roman Festival: Barberini Celebrations for Christina of Sweden; Invention and Reality in Roman Still-Life Painting of the Seventeenth Century: Fioravanti and the Others; The Prince Defended: Arms and Armor in Seventeenth-Century Rome; Decorating the Palace: Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) in the Cancelleria; Catalogue of the Exhibition; Bibliography; Index; Photography Credits.

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Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Qto., xvii, 283 pages, illustrated with 97 large colour plates, plus other reproductions in black and white. A Fine copy, looks as new.

Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 283 pp. with 97 color and bw numbered illustrations. Issued in conjunction with several 1999 exhibitions, revealing much of the social life and art patronage of the major families of the Eternal City during the 17th century by using the exquisite furnishings from their palace homes. With 7 thematic essays, an annotated and illustrated catalogue of 97 items, and an extensive bibliography. A terrific reminder of what Baroque style is and was, in architecture and in furnishings. VG- (Page edges may be tanning lightly; otherwise clean.).