The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome

Riegl, Alois; Andrew Hopkins; Arnold Witte; Alina Payne

ISBN 10: 1606060414 / ISBN 13: 9781606060414

Published by Museum Publications, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome
• Publisher: Museum Publications
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606060414
• ISBN 13: 9781606060414
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Delivered three times between 1898 and 1902 and subsequently revised with an eye toward publication, Alois Riegl’s lectures on the origins of Baroque art in Rome broke new ground in its field. In his approach and content, Riegl offered a markedly different account from that of Heinrich Wölfflin and other contemporaries: the beginning of the new artistic era extending from the 1520s to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was to be judged by its own rules and not merely as a period of decline.

This first English translation brings Riegl’s compelling vision of the Baroque to life and amply illustrates his charisma as a lecturer. His text is full of perceptive observations on the most important artists of the period from Michelangelo to Caravaggio. By taking the spectator into consideration, Riegl identifies a crucial defining change between Renaissance and Baroque art and provides invaluable inspiration for present-day readers.

About the Author

Andrew Hopkins is associate professor in the Department of Comparative History and Methodology of the University of L’Aquila. Arnold Witte is assistant professor in the Department of the Cultural History of Europe at the University of Amsterdam. Alina Payne is professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.