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The Age of the Baroque in Portugal
Jay Levenson (Ed.)
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Description for The Age of the Baroque in Portugal
Hardcover. During the 18th-century deposits of gold, silver, diamonds and emeralds were discovered in Brazil, enabling the Court of Portugal to commission art on a lavish scale. This book is devoted to this period of Portuguese art and history, including paintings, sculpture, furniture and textiles. Editor(s): Levenson, Jay A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w + 140 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JF; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1738.
The eighteenth century was a true golden age for the visual arts in Portugal. The discovery of fabulous deposits of gold, diamonds, and emeralds in Brazil suddenly made Portugal’s court the wealthiest in all of Europe, enabling patronage of the arts on a lavish scale. This handsome volume is the first major work in English to be devoted to this period of Portuguese art and history.
Written by historians such as Kenneth Maxwell and specialists in art and architectural history such as Hellmut Wohl and Jennifer Montagu, the book tells the story of this unique age—its politics, society, ... Read more
The eighteenth century was a true golden age for the visual arts in Portugal. The discovery of fabulous deposits of gold, diamonds, and emeralds in Brazil suddenly made Portugal’s court the wealthiest in all of Europe, enabling patronage of the arts on a lavish scale. This handsome volume is the first major work in English to be devoted to this period of Portuguese art and history.
Written by historians such as Kenneth Maxwell and specialists in art and architectural history such as Hellmut Wohl and Jennifer Montagu, the book tells the story of this unique age—its politics, society, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300058413
SKU
V9780300058413
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About Jay Levenson (Ed.)
Jay Levenson is Managing Curator of the Elegance and Enlightenment exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.
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