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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785485603321

Autore

Harbison Robert

Titolo

Reflections on Baroque / / Robert Harbison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2000

ISBN

1-282-89306-8

9786612893063

1-86189-826-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 259 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

700.9032

700/.9/032

709.032

Soggetti

Arts, Baroque

Civilization, Baroque

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reflections on Baroque Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Contents (ii); Foreword; I. The Case for Disruption; II. Tormented Vision; III. The View from Above; IV. The End of Heroism; V. The World of Scenery; VI. Baroque Nature; VII. Colonial Baroque; VIII. Neo and Pseudo Baroque; IX. Baroque in the Twentieth Century; Notes; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this surprising reinterpretation of the Baroque, Robert Harbison offers new readings that stress its eccentric and tumultuous forms, in which a destablized sense of reality is often projected onto the viewer.