Painting of the Western World. Baroque and Rococo

Hardback. First Edition. Painting of the Western World. Baroque and Rococo. Tiny tear to back D/J. In this popular account the author shows the reader how the uses of vivid colour, dramatic light, line and illusion were achieved and helped to transform two centuries of European painting. We begin with Caravaggio in 17th century Italy and see his dark drama influenced the court painting of Velasquez and Goya in Spain, Rembrandt and Rubens in the North, and Poussin and Le Brun in France. Rococo emerged from late Baroque as a French phenomenon. Its curvinf, playful eroticism and gay colour can be seen here in the works of Boucher and Watteau, and later in the work of Hogarth in England. Baroque to Rococo: A Golden Period is sumptuously illustrated with 40 colour plateds and many black and white drawings. A book for art enthusiasts to share amongst themselves or with their whole family. Includes paintings and drawings by: Poyssin. Varavaggio. Rubens. Velazquez. Goya. Rembrandt. Van Dyck. Vermeer. Hals. Tiepolo. Canaletto. Watteau. Boucher. Fragonard. Chardin. Hogarth. Reynolds. Gainsborough and others. Illustrated. 72 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). …