Seventeenth-Century Art and Architecture

This excellent introduction to the major developments in art and architecture that emerged from seventeenth-century Western Europe bridges the gap between the specialized study and a more general survey. "Seventeenth-Century Art and Architecture" encompasses the socio-political and cultural background of the period. In the process it examines the careers of the most significant painters, sculptors, and architects, and those of less well-known artists. Major artists covered include Bernini, Borromini, Caravaggio, Carracci, Claude, Girardon, Guercino, Hals, Jones, Le Brun, Le Vau, Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, Reni, Ribera, Rubens, Ruisdael, Steen, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Vermeer, Wren, and Zurbaran. The seventeenth century also witnessed the emergence of successful women painters such as Artemisia Gentileschi and Clara Peeters, who receive due attention here. "Commended" The Art Quarterly"Introduction; 1 Italy: The Decline of Mannerism; Architecture and City Planning in Rome, 1585-1625; Bolognese Painting: The Carracci Reform; Painting in Rome, 1585-1610 (Annibale Carracci in Rome, 1595-1609); Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; Caravaggio's Italian Followers; The Carracci Succession in Rome and Bologna; Architecture and City Planning in Rome, 1625-1680; Italian Sculpture; Painting in Rome, 1623-1680; Painting in Naples; 2 Flanders: Peter Paul Rubens; Anthony van Dyck; Jacob Jordaens; Still-Life Genre Painters; 3 Spain: Spanish Architecture; Spanish Sculpture; Spanish Painting, 1600-1650; Spanish Painting, 1650-1700; 4 France: Architecture and City Planning; French Sculpture; 5 The Dutch Republic: Haarlem and the Creation of a Dutch National Style; The Utrecht "Caravaggisti"; Frans Hals and Dutch Portraiture; Town Planning and Architectural Developments in Haarlem and Amsterdam; Painting in Amsterdam; Rembrandt van Rijn and his School; Dutch Genre Painting before 1650; Dutch Genre Painting after 1650; Landscape Painting before 1650; Landscape Painting after 1650; 6 England: English Painting; Palladianism and Architectural; Planning in London; Epilogue; Notes; Timeline; Bibliography; Credits; Index.