A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750

by Franco Boggero, Andrea Zanini, Jonathan Bober, et al.

The legendary splendor of Genoese baroque art

Genoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Europe in the seventeenth century. The wealth accumulated by its leading families spurred investment in the visual arts on an enormous scale. This volume explores how artists both foreign and native created a singularly rich and extravagant expression of the baroque in works of extraordinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691206511
• ISBN13: 9780691206516
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 5.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 10.1" x 11.7"