Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco

Walker, Stefanie and Frederick Hammond (editors)

ISBN 10: 0300079338 / ISBN 13: 9780300079333

Published by Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, 1999

About this Item

dust jacket with tiny tears at foot of spine. Dust jacket in clear protector. The catalogue of an exhibition of the same name 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, Missouri, July 25 - October 3, 1999. 97 objects are described and illustrated in color. Numerous figures accompany the seven chapters of the text. 283pp 4.30lb 12.3x9.4x1.1in.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco
• Publisher: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300079338
• ISBN 13: 9780300079333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Thriving centers of artistic and cultural activity, Rome`s Baroque palaces of the seventeenth century were magnificently furnished. This beautifully illustrated book presents examples of carved furniture, silver, textiles, paintings, and other items that filled these palaces. The authors explain what the furnishings reveal about the aristocratic families of the period, their social lives, and patronage of the arts.

Reviews

While there is no dearth of knowledge or appreciation of the monumental aspects of Roman Baroque art, less well attended and savored are the decorative arts of the time. This handsomely illustrated exhibition catalog begins to redress this dereliction. Unlike catalogs that separate scholarly essays, this volume effectively integrates expository considerations with the exquisitely varied objects of the exhibit. The several essays create a stylistic, social, and political context for the appreciation of these decorative objects within the magnificent palaces of Rome's religious grandees. While it may not be possible to reconstruct the total kinetic experience of these works in their urban and domestic settings, the overall affect created by a consideration of ephemeral art like fireworks, festivals, and sugar sculpture, along with a splendid selection of designs, arms, furniture, and devotional objects, brings us inestimably closer to the Baroque experience. Essential for art history and design collections.ARobert Cahn, Fashion Inst. of Technology, New York
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