'A most enjoyable wander through some decidedly unknown territory' The Spectator
The sculptural flowering of the Italian Baroque – the sensuous beauty of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne; the spectacular papal tombs in St Peter's; dramatic altarpieces such as the mystical Ecstasy of St Teresa; and Rome's dazzling fountains - boldly transcended the traditional limitations of artistic media.
Often dismissed in the past for creating a sham world to distract the observer's attention with dazzling technical displays, the sculpture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italy is here reassessed for the first time in more than a generation. It is an invaluable critical survey of Italian Baroque sculpture.
'An elegant distillation of information'
The Independent
Format: Paperback
Size: 21.0 x 14.9 cm
Extent: 224 pp
Illustrations: 185
Publication date: 2 March 1998
ISBN: 9780500203071