| Baroque Visual Rhetoric Contributor(s): Minor, Vernon Hyde (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442648791 ISBN-13: 9781442648791 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $100.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Baroque & Rococo - Architecture | History - General - Art | History - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 709.032 |
| LCCN: 2016301929 |
| Series: Toronto Italian Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Intricate, expressive, given to grandeur and even excess, Baroque art as a style is inseparable from the meanings it seeks to convey. Vernon Hyde Minor's Baroque Visual Rhetoric probes this combination of style and message and - equally importantly - the methodological basis on which the critical art historian comes to establish that meaning. Drawing on a breathtaking range of critical literature, from the German founders of art history as an academic discipline to Heidegger, Derrida, and de Man, Minor considers the issue through a series of Baroque masterpieces: Bernini's Baldacchino in St. Peter's Basilica, the statues in the church of San Giovanni in Laterano, Borromini's church of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Baciccio's frescoes in the church of Il Ges , the paintings of Philippe de Champaigne, and the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni in Laterano. |
Contributor Bio(s): Minor, Vernon Hyde: - Vernon Hyde Minor is a professor emeritus in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder. |