The triumph of the Baroque
Subtitle: architecture in Europe, 1600-1750
By: edited by Henry A. Millon.
Contributors: Millon, Henry A.; Reale Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi.
Publisher: Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 621
Subjects: Architecture, Baroque -- Exhibitions
Description: "The baroque style of architecture rose up from the Mannerism of the turn of the seventeenth century, and evolved into the lighter rococo around 1750. At its height, the baroque encompassed all the arts, and the style was freighted with the message of the Counter-Reformation.".

"This catalogue explores every facet of baroque architecture in Europe. An international team of scholars examines such subjects as the political and religious use of architecture, the birth of the baroque in Rome, landscape, fantasies, and the education of the architect. The second part of the book, a catalogue of works exhibited, illustrates the types of baroque construction: villas and chateaux, military architecture, royal palaces, and gardens."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 602-614) and indexes.
Published to accompany an exhibition held at Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi, July 1999.