Sacheverell Sitwell, whose Southern Baroque Art (1924) had a profound influence on the visual ... Stevenson has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the period and the style, in all its many forms. The book ...

documents and works of art. However, during the Baroque period, the birth of modern science and the opening up of the world beyond Europe brought an increasingly serious interest in the nature and ...

During this period, a particularly important scientific discovery was made by chemists that totally changed the art world and it was to all to do with the colour blue… Johann Diesbach was a German dye ...

The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

Together they demonstrate not only the range, skill, and acuity of these masters of Baroque portraiture but also the interrelationship of the arts in seventeenth-century Rome. Andrea Bacchi is ...

Lasting for 150 years, the Baroque period of architecture, music, and art influenced churches, palaces, mansions, and civic ...

The brilliant, tortured artist Caravaggio fled to Naples in 1606 after killing a man in Rome. The Baroque was in full swing in the city, and Caravaggio fit right in, painting several works including ...

the Italian artist managed to inspire a generation of painters across 17th-century Europe and ignited a transformative wave that shaped the Baroque art movement. “The Master of Light Caravaggio ...

The long-running literary landmark in Venice is still thriving by showcasing artistic diversity and providing community, like nowhere else in Los Angeles. Founded in 1968 by publisher and writer ...