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Jesuits & Emblem Trad by VAN VAECK 9782503507989
€104.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503507989Author VAN VAECKImprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 787g -
Baroque Painting in Malta by Keith Sciberras 9789993272496
RRP: €147.56€104.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789993272496Author Keith SciberrasFormat HardbackPage Count 450Imprint Midsea Books Ltd,MaltaPublisher Midsea Books Ltd,Malta -
Holland's Golden Age in America: Collecting the Art of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals by Esmee Quodbach 9780271062013
RRP: €74.91€66.50Americans have long had a taste for the art and culture of Holland's Golden Age. As a result, the United States can boast extraordinary holdings of Dutch paintings. Celebrated masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Frans Hals are... -
Lives of Rubens by Giovanni Baglione 9781843680222
RRP: €11.89€8.09The brilliance of Peter Paul Rubens' career changed forever the perceptions of painting and painters. Here was a man whose astonishing gifts were allied to a personality so cosmopolitan, engaging, and virtuous that he could mingle as easily with kings as... -
A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke 9780415453264
RRP: €20.22€18.11Edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton.'One of the greatest essays ever written on art.'- The GuardianEdmund Burke's A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is one of the most important works... -
Architecture and Statecraft: Charles of Bourbon's Naples, 1734-1759 by Robin L. Thomas 9780271056395
RRP: €117.75€103.11The eighteenth century was a golden age of public building. Governments constructed theaters, museums, hospices, asylums, and marketplaces to forge a new type of city, one that is recognizably modern. Yet the dawn of this urban development remains... -
The Ethics of Ornament in Early Modern Naples: Fashioning the Certosa di San Martino by J. Nicholas Napoli 9781472419637
RRP: €160.65€140.75The Carthusian monks at San Martino began a series of decorative campaigns in the 1580s that continued until 1757, transforming the church of their monastery, the Certosa di San Martino, into a jewel of marble revetment, painting, and sculpture. The... -
The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition: Liberty Enshrined by Sally Webster 9781472418999
RRP: €160.65€140.04The commemorative tradition in early American art is given sustained consideration for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a... -
Caravaggio: Reflections and Refractions by Lorenzo Pericolo 9781409406846
RRP: €160.65€140.75As this collection of essays makes clear, the paths to grasping the complexity of Caravaggio's art are multiple and variable. Art historians from the UK and North America offer new or recently updated interpretations of the works of seventeenth-century... -
The Rustic Style by Ernst Kris 9780884024989
RRP: €40.40€32.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024989Author Ernst KrisFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research Library &... -
Academie Royale: A History in Portraits by Hannah Williams 9781138295599
RRP: €52.35€46.22From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was the centre of the Parisian art world. Taking the reader behind the scenes of this elite bastion of French art... -
A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke 9781138133976
RRP: €119.00€103.07Edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton. 'One of the greatest essays ever written on art.'- The Guardian Edmund Burke's A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is one of the most important... -
Sculpture and Enlightenment by Erika Naginski 9780892369591
RRP: €47.60€41.16This is a unique volume that explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. This pioneering book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century... -
Illuminations by Benedict Leca 9781907804571
RRP: €15.41€11.11Italian Baroque painting is often discussed in terms of theatre and the creation of powerful visual spectacle through the dramatic use of light. Seventeenth-century painters pushed the limits of artistic expression to reshape the relationship between the... -
William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting by E. Geoffrey Hancock 9781138548343
RRP: €52.35€46.22Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no... -
The Writings of James Barry and the Genre of History Painting, 1775-1809 by Liam Lenihan 9781138547612
RRP: €54.73€47.75Examining the literary career of the eighteenth-century Irish painter James Barry, 1741-1806 through an interdisciplinary methodology, The Writings of James Barry and the Genre of History Painting, 1775-1809 is the first full-length study of the artist's... -
The Cristos yacentes of Gregorio Fernández: Polychrome Sculptures of the Supine Christ in Seventeenth-Century Spain by Ilenia Colón Mendoza 9780367668846
RRP: €47.59€41.72Analyzing seventeenth-century images of the dead Christ produced by Gregorio Fernández, author Ilenia Colón Mendoza investigates how and why the artist and his patrons manipulated these images in connection with the religious literature of the time to... -
Painterly Enlightenment: The Art of Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724-1796 by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann 9781469614809
RRP: €45.16€43.29Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) was an Austrian fresco painter known for his bold use of color. Although he has been recognized in the Central European regions where he worked, Maulbertsch has remained outside the general canon of art history. With... -
Pokerfaced: Flemish and Dutch Baroque Faces Unveiled by Katlijne Van Der Stighelen 9782503525648
RRP: €70.81€67.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503525648Author Katlijne Van Der StighelenFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1202g -
Drawing and the Senses: An Early Modern History by Caroline Fowler
€114.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909400399Author Caroline FowlerFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V. -
The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters by Benjamin Moser 9781324092254
€31.86Arriving as a young writer in an ancient Dutch town, Benjamin Moser found himself visiting—casually at first, and then more and more obsessively—the country’s great museums. Inside these old buildings, he discovered the remains of the Dutch Golden Age... -
The Baroque Technotext: Literature in a Digital Mediascape by Elise Takehana
RRP: €130.84€113.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789381658Author Elise TakehanaFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint IntellectPublisher Intellect -
Baroque Art by Klaus Carl
€35.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646995240Author Klaus CarlFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, LimitedWeight(grams) 216g -
Enlightened Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge by Sarah Cohen
€32.68How do our senses help us to understand the world? This question, which preoccupied Enlightenment thinkers in Western Europe, also emerged as a key theme in depictions of animals in eighteenth-century art. This book examines the ways in which painters,... -
A Rembrandt Invention: A New Baptism of the Eunuch by Gary Schwartz
RRP: €20.83€16.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789059973077Author Gary SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Primavera PersPublisher Primavera Pers -
Emotion and the Seduction of the Senses, Baroque to Neo-Baroque by Lisa Beaven
RRP: €124.95€115.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580442718Author Lisa BeavenFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Medieval Institute PublicationsPublisher Medieval Institute Publications -
Guido Reni in Rome: A Guide by Guido Reni
RRP: €21.41€14.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791254630563Author Guido ReniFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint MarsilioPublisher MarsilioWeight(grams) 431g -
The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition: Liberty Enshrined by Sally Webster
RRP: €54.73€47.75The commemorative tradition in early American art is given sustained consideration for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a... -
Guido Reni and Rome: Nature and Devotion by Guido Reni
RRP: €29.75€19.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791254630464Author Guido ReniFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Marsilio EditoriPublisher Marsilio EditoriWeight(grams) 203g -
Baroque Art by Klaus H. Carl
€18.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683259152Author Klaus H. CarlFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited -
Luisa Roldan by Catherine Hall-van den Elsen
RRP: €41.65€31.75This beautifully illustrated monograph presents the first overview in English of the life and work of Luisa Roldan (1652-1706), a prolific and celebrated sculptor of the Spanish Golden Age. The daughter of Pedro Roldan, a well-known sculptor from... -
Art and Ocean Objects of Early Modern Eurasia: Shells, Bodies, and Materiality by DR. Anna Katharina Grasskamp
RRP: €139.23€132.45During the early modern period, objects of maritime material culture were removed from their places of origin and traded, collected and displayed worldwide. Focusing on shells and pearls exchanged within local and global networks, this monograph compares... -
The Fountain of Latona: Louis XIV, Charles Le Brun, and the Gardens of Versailles by Thomas F. Hedin
RRP: €74.97€63.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812253757Author Thomas F. HedinFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania... -
Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868): Playfulness and Freedom in the Artwork of Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon by Galit Aviman
RRP: €52.35€45.74In Zen Buddhism, the concept of freedom is of profound importance. And yet, until now there has been no in-depth study of the manifestation of this liberated attitude in the lives and artwork of Edo period Zen monk-painters. This book explores the... -
The Eternal Baroque: Studies in Honor of Jennifer Montagu by Carlolyn H. Miner
RRP: €53.55€37.66Jennifer Montagu is a world-renowned art historian whose name has become synonymous with the study of Italian Baroque sculpture. In honor of Jennifer Montagu's immeasurable contribution to the field of Italian Baroque sculpture, sixty-two of the foremost... -
Addiction and British Visual Culture, 1751-1919: Wasted Looks by Julia Skelly
RRP: €64.25€55.78Highly innovative and long overdue, this study analyzes the visual culture of addiction produced in Britain during the long nineteenth century. The book examines well-known images such as William Hogarth's Gin Lane (1751), as well as lesser-known... -
Performativity and Performance in Baroque Rome by Peter Gillgren
RRP: €59.49€51.77A new interest in the study of early modern ritual, ceremony, formations of personal and collective identities, social roles, and the production of meaning inside and outside the arts have made it possible to talk today about a performative turn in the... -
Early Modern Dutch Prints of Africa by Elizabeth A. Sutton
RRP: €64.25€55.78Using Pieter de Marees' Description and Historical Account of the Gold Kingdom of Guinea (1602) as her main source material, author Elizabeth Sutton brings to bear approaches from the disciplines of art history and book history to explore the context in... -
Seventeenth-Century European Drawings in Midwestern Collections: The Age of Bernini, Rembrandt, and Poussin by Shelley Perlove
RRP: €85.68€74.40Seventeenth-Century European Drawings in Midwestern Collections: The Age of Bernini, Rembrandt, and Poussin brings together nearly two hundred treasures of the Baroque age from museum collections throughout the Midwest. The volume presents a fascinating... -
The Viola d'Amore: Its History and Development by Rachael Durkin
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d'amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings. Composers like Bach made use of the viola d'amore for its...