Baroque by John Rupert Martin
This book was required reading for a lovely college course on the art and architecture of the Gothic and the Baroque.
Cover photograph: Detail of the statue The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (wikipedia)
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Contents:
Introduction
1. The Question of Style
2. Naturalism
3. The Passions of the Soul
4. The Transcendental View of Reality
5. Space
6. Time
7. Light
8. Attitudes to Antiquity
Appendix A. Peter Paul Rubens, On the Imitation of Statues
Appendix B. Paul Freart de Chantelou, Bernini in France
Appendix C. Arnold Houbraken, Life of Rembrandt
Appendix D. Francisco Pacheco, On the Aim of Painting
Appendix E. Philippe de Champaigne, On Poussin's Rebecca and Eliezer
Notes
Books for Further Reading
Catalogue of Illustrations
Index
