Christopher Tadgell - Transformations : From Mannerism to Baroque in the Age of European Absolutism and the Church Triumphant download book FB2, DJV, PDF
9780415500104 English 0415500109 The sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the seventeenth and early eighteenth 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., Unprecedented in scope like its companion volume on the High Renaissance, Transformations , this sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the seventeenth and early eighteenth 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. It 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 Fran�ois Mansart, Louis Le Vau, Andre Le N�tre, 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., Volume 6 of the Architecture in Contextseries describes, analyses and illustrates some of the greatest buildings of the Western world. Starting with the development of Mannerism in Rome and other Italian centres of patronage including Venice, Milan and Turin, and centring on work by High Baroque masters such as Michelangelo, Borromini, Cortona, Bernini and Juvarra, the book looks at the development of church architecture and the expression of wealth and political power in the palaces built by the great Italian families. The narrative continues in the France of Richelieu where the reassertion of Classical values took a more sober road than in Italy. Symmetry and hierarchy were emphasised by enormously influential Baroque architects such as Mansart and Le Vau while the rhythmic and asymmetric forms characteristic of the Rococo style started to appear interior design. The Baroque came late to England but Wren's introduction of a version of the style had profound consequences on church and great-house architecture. And in the vast lands of the Holy Roman Empire the Baroque style evolved in various permutations, leading to some of the most radically innovative architecture of the period from masters such as Fischer von Erlach in Vienna or Balthasar Neumann in Bohemia. The book provides a survey of the spread of Baroque ideas across the Protestant north of Europe and the contrasting development in the Catholic south, including the Central and South American colonies of Portugal and Spain where local tradition met imperial ambition with sometimes stupendous results.
9780415500104 English 0415500109 The sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the seventeenth and early eighteenth 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., Unprecedented in scope like its companion volume on the High Renaissance, Transformations , this sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the seventeenth and early eighteenth 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. It 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 Fran�ois Mansart, Louis Le Vau, Andre Le N�tre, 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., Volume 6 of the Architecture in Contextseries describes, analyses and illustrates some of the greatest buildings of the Western world. Starting with the development of Mannerism in Rome and other Italian centres of patronage including Venice, Milan and Turin, and centring on work by High Baroque masters such as Michelangelo, Borromini, Cortona, Bernini and Juvarra, the book looks at the development of church architecture and the expression of wealth and political power in the palaces built by the great Italian families. The narrative continues in the France of Richelieu where the reassertion of Classical values took a more sober road than in Italy. Symmetry and hierarchy were emphasised by enormously influential Baroque architects such as Mansart and Le Vau while the rhythmic and asymmetric forms characteristic of the Rococo style started to appear interior design. The Baroque came late to England but Wren's introduction of a version of the style had profound consequences on church and great-house architecture. And in the vast lands of the Holy Roman Empire the Baroque style evolved in various permutations, leading to some of the most radically innovative architecture of the period from masters such as Fischer von Erlach in Vienna or Balthasar Neumann in Bohemia. The book provides a survey of the spread of Baroque ideas across the Protestant north of Europe and the contrasting development in the Catholic south, including the Central and South American colonies of Portugal and Spain where local tradition met imperial ambition with sometimes stupendous results.