Originally published: Barocco e Rococò. Florence-Milano : Giunti Editore, 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Baroque. The theatricality of Baroque -- Defining Baroque -- Sculpture -- Painting -- Architecture -- Light -- Still life -- Landscape -- Portraiture -- Furniture -- The art of transportation -- Leading figures. Gian Lorenzo Bernini -- Francesco Borromini -- Battistello Caracciolo -- Caravaggio --The Carracci brothers -- Philippe de Champaigne -- José Benito de Churriguera -- Peter de Hooch -- Georges de La Tour -- Domenichino -- François Duquesnoy -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Luca Giordano -- Guercino -- Fransz Hals -- Gerrit van Honthorst -- Jacob Jordaens -- Giovanni Lanfranco -- Charles Le Brun -- Louis Le Nain -- Louis Le Vau -- Baldassarre Longhena -- Claude Lorrain -- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo -- Pietro da Cortona -- Nicolas Poussin -- Andrea Pozzo -- Mattia Preti -- Rembrandt -- Guido Reni -- Jusepe de Ribera -- Peter Paul Rubens -- Anthony Van Dyck -- Velázquez -- Jan Vermeer -- Simon Vouet -- Christopher Wren -- Francisco de Zurbarán -- Rococo. From a shell to Rococo -- Historical background -- Defining Rococo -- Sculpture and painting -- Sanctuaries and faith -- The Capriccio -- The nude and eroticism -- The portrait -- The veduta -- Fashion -- Porcelain and chinoiserie -- Arcadia -- Furniture -- Etchings -- Leading figures. Pompeo Girolamo Batoni -- Bernardo Bellotto -- François Boucher -- Canaletto -- Luca Carlevarijs -- Rosalba Carriera -- Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti -- Jean-Baptiste-Simeón Chardin -- Giuseppe Maria Crespi -- Fra Galgario -- Jean-Honoré Fragonard --Thomas Gainsborough -- Jean-Baptiste Greuze -- Francesco Guardi -- William Hogarth -- Nicolas de Largillière -- Jeanne-Étienne Liotard -- Pietro Longhi -- Alessandro Magnasco -- Jean-Baptiste Oudry -- Giovanni Battista Piazzetta -- Joshua Reynolds -- Sebastiano Ricci -- Francesco Solimena -- Pierre Subleyras -- Giambattista Tiepolo -- Giandomenico Tiepolo -- Luigi Vanvitelli -- Jean-Antoine Watteau -- Bibliography -- Index.
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