Reflections on Baroque |
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| Author:
| Harbison, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-31600-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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From its beginnings in the seventeenth century, the eccentric and tumultuous forms of the Baroque spread across not only Europe but colonial Latin America and Asia as well. With Reflections on Baroque, Robert Harbison brings together discussions of aesthetics, science, mysticism, politics, religion, and culture to offer a surprising reinterpretations of the baroque style and its influences and echoes into the twentieth century.
From its beginnings in the seventeenth century, the eccentric and tumultuous forms of the Baroque spread across not only Europe but colonial Latin America and Asia as well. With Reflections on Baroque, Robert Harbison brings together discussions of aesthetics, science, mysticism, politics, religion, and culture to offer a surprising reinterpretations of the baroque style and its influences and echoes into the twentieth century.