Baroque : theatrum mundi : the world as a work of art
Toman, Rolf2012
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" After the global hit Ars Sacra, Rolf Toman and his team embark on a journey once more. The Palace of Versailles and St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican are the outstanding buildings from this epoch. There are undreamed-of jewels in Europe and America, the New World, waiting for discovery. Magnificent libraries, vaults of science or mysterious gardens, skilled works of porcelain and illusionistic painting, to name just a few aspects of this complex epoch. With his passion and meticulousness, photographer Achim Bednorz succeeded to get details in front of his camera that cannot even be seen on the original locally. The photographs that are exclusive for this volume are particularly well-presented in their large format. The author Barbara Borng sser wrote her take on Baroque history to fit, and swiftly takes the reader into the Great World Theater, the Theatrum Mundi. "
Main title:
Baroque : theatrum mundi : the world as a work of art / edited by Rolf Toman ; photographs by Achim Bednorz ; text by Barbara Bornga¨sser ; produced by Thomas Paffen ; [translation from German Richard George Elliott ... [et al.]]
Imprint:
Potsdam, Germany : H.F. Ullmann, [2012?].
Collation:
568 p. : col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes index."Original title: Barock : Theatrum Mundi. Die Welt als Kunstwerk."Translated from the German.
Contents:
Urbi et orbi -Inspiring awe and promoting faith - Intellectual strongholds - Concern with the afterlife - Mirror of the universe - The world in a nutshell - Baroque urban planning - Visual feasts and conveying knowledge - The eternal present - Treasures in everyday use.
ISBN:
9783848000395 (hbk)3848000393 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.032
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
121961
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Reference | REF 709.032 BARO | Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |