Baroque Art: A Topical Dictionary

by Irene Earls

The major topics painted and sculpted during the 17th century are featured here. Baroque artists chose stories not only from the Bible but also from mythology; these are not included in art history texts. In this volume, one finds the primary sources: The Golden Legend, the Bible, Ovid, and Plutarch, to name a few. Each entry concludes with an example of a work depicting the topic under examination (Diana Hunting, Lot and His Daughters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313294062
• ISBN13: 9780313294068
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"