A study of the art and architecture of France in the 16th and 17th centuries - an epoch of superb secular building which also produced many notable paintings and sculptures.

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700: Fourth Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)

Arts & Photography

Blunt, Anthony F.

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

A study of the art and architecture of France in the 16th and 17th centuries - an epoch of superb secular building which also produced many notable paintings and sculptures.

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in France were an epoch of spectacular artistic activity, exemplified by the chateaux of the Loire valley, the palace of Versailles, the paintings of Poussin and Claude, and the sculpture of Coysevox, which echo the political and cultural importance of France and the "Sun King." Anthony Blunt presents major artists and their principal works chronologically, provides an overview of the main projects of the period and of the artistic personalities behind them, and clearly sets the historical context.
This new edition, of one of the classics of the Pelican History of Art series, has been revised and updated with color illustrations and a new bibliography.

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in France were an epoch of spectacular artistic activity, exemplified by the chateaux of the Loire valley, the palace of Versailles, the paintings of Poussin and Claude, and the sculpture of Coysevox, which echo the political and cultural importance of France and the "Sun King." Anthony Blunt presents major artists and their principal works chronologically, provides an overview of the main projects of the period and of the artistic personalities behind them, and clearly sets the historical context. This new edition, of one of the classics of the Pelican History of Art series, has been revised and updated with color illustrations and a new bibliography.

At first a successful painter of the Roman Baroque, Pietro (Berrettini) da Cortona (1597-1669) soon emerged as an architect of equal stature. This book is the first to focus full attention on Cortona's buildings and projects and to assess his position in Roman Baroque architecture.
The book discusses Cortona's major commissions, particularly SS. Luca e Martina, the Villa del Pigneto, S. Maria della Pace, and S. Maria in Via Lata, as well as the designs that remained unbuilt, such as his plans for the Palazzo Pitti in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. Cortona's great decorative cycles, including Palazzo Barberini, the Chiesa Nuova, and others are also considered as part of his stunning vocabulary of architectural decoration. The book explores Cortona's relationships and rivalries with other outstanding Roman architects to illuminate the competitive climate in which he worked, and it concludes with a review of his influence and reputation into the twentieth century.

Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque Architecture

Merz, Jorg M.

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Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700: Fourth Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700: Fourth Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)

Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque Architecture