{"product_id":"transformations-christopher-tadgell-9781138038950","title":"Transformations: Baroque and Rococo in the Age of Absolutism and the Church Triumphant","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnprecedented in scope - like its companion volume on the High Renaissance, \u003ci\u003eMannerism \u003c\/i\u003e- this sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the 17th and early 18th centuries - particularly the transformation of rationalist Classical ideals into the emotive, highly theatrical style known as Baroque and the further development away from architectonic principles to the free-ranging decorative style known as Rococo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with an outline of the politics of Absolutism and its opposite over the century from the Thirty Years' War to the War of the Austrian Succession: this is illustrated with images largely chosen from the major artists of the day; a supplementary introduction outlines the cross-currents of painting in the early Baroque era. The first substantive section deals with the seminal masters active in Rome - Maderno, Cortona, Borromini and Bernini - and their contemporaries there, in Venice and in Piedmont. The second section deals with the seminal French masters - above all François Mansart, Louis Le Vau, Andre Le Nôtre, Jules Hardouin-Mansart and the latter's followers who developed the Rococo style in the domestic field. The rest of the book is divided into three large sections: the Protestant North - the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Britain; the Divided Centre - the Catholic powers of central Europe and southern Germany, the Protestants of northern Germany and the Orthodox Russians; the Catholic South - the Iberian kingdoms and their dominions in southern Italy and the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Tadgell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138038954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138038950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 7.10w x 2.30d","brand":"Christopher Tadgell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447827869951,"sku":"9781138038950","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7793eab6-0ec7-499f-a973-d70f8a9a4082.jpg?v=1777235085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transformations-christopher-tadgell-9781138038950","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}