Art & Architecture in Italy 1600-1750 3E (Paper)

Rudolf Wittkower

Paperback (26 May 1992)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume covers one of the greatest creative periods in the history of Italian art, looking at the progress of the arts in every centre between Venice and Sicily. It focuses on the art and architecture of the Roman High Baroque period, when Bernini, Borrowmini, and Cortona were all at work under a series of enlightened popes.

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Yale University Press

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300053081
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	26 May 1992
Language:	English
Number of pages:	664
Weight:	965g
Height:	210mm
Width:	147mm
Spine width:	33mm