Italian Frescoes: The Baroque Era, 1600-1800 presents the
Italian Baroque period in its full grandeur, from the arrival in
Rome of the style of Annibale Carracci and his pupils through the
end of the eighteenth century, when after the long predominance of
Baroque forms and expressions the pendulum swung back, bringing a
brief revival of High Renaissance style. Supplementing Dr. Steffi
Roettgen''s text are 420 full-color images and 71 black-and-white
illustrations and building plans. Of the twenty-two fresco cycles
featured, two-thirds are from the secular sphere and the rest from
sacred places, contradicting the common notion that Baroque
monumental painting is found mainly in cathedrals and other sites
of worship.The volume opens with an illustrated introduction
outlining the principles of Baroque wall and ceiling painting. An
essay introduces each fresco cycle and is followed by a portfolio
of full- and double-page color plates, many of them newly
photographed.
關於作者:
Steffi Roettgen studied at the universities of Munich,
Erlangen, and Bonn and has taught at the Technical University of
Berlin and the University of Munich. Currently she is associated
with the Art History Institute in Florence. She is the author of
Italian Frescoes: The Early Renaissance and Italian Frescoes: The
Flowering of the Renaissance.