The Spiritual Rococo: Decor and Divinity from the Salons of Paris to the Missions of Patagonia

by Gauvin A. Bailey

Book Overview

A groundbreaking approach to Rococo religious d cor and spirituality in Europe and South America, The Spiritual Rococo addresses three basic conundrums that impede our understanding of eighteenth-century aesthetics and culture. Why did the Rococo, ostensibly the least spiritual style in the pre-Modern canon, transform into one of the world's most important modes for adorning sacred spaces? And why is Rococo still treated as a decadent nemesis of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138563242
• ISBN13: 9781138563247
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"