Baroque Horrors: Roots of the Fantastic in the Age of Curiosities

by David Castillo and David R. Castillo

"David Castillo takes us on a tour of some horrific materials that have rarely been considered together. He sheds a fantastical new light on the baroque."
---Anthony J. Cascardi, University of California Berkeley

"Baroque Horrors is a textual archeologist's dream, scavenged from obscure chronicles, manuals, minor histories, and lesser-known works of major artists. Castillo finds tales of mutilation, mutation, monstrosity, murder,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047203491X
• ISBN13: 9780472034918
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"