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The baroque architecture of Sicily
- Title
- The baroque architecture of Sicily / Mario Giuffrè ; photographs by Melo Minnella.
- Author
- Giuffrè, Maria.
- Publication
- London : Thames & Hudson, 2007.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Minnella, Melo.
- Description
- 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), color portrait; 34 cm
- Summary
- "The marvels of Sicilian Baroque - the dramatic power of its architecture, and the emotional quality of its decorative art - are well known. Numerous studies have been made, ranging from a locus on the principal Sicilian towns and cities or key architectural themes - the urban landscape, churches, palaces, villas - to an examination of its chronology, hut none of these gives a comprehensive view." "This book looks at the subject from a different angle. It seeks by verbal analysis and above all by revelatory photography to define what makes the Baroque of Sicily distinctive. How does it differ from the Baroque not only of other countries but also from that of other Italian regions, such as Rome and Piedmont? How was it possible to impose that particular character upon churches and palaces, sculpture and painting? What was the role of 'capital' cities such as Palermo and Catania, and smaller towns like Noto? To what extent did it absorb styles from abroad, both through travel and through pictures and treatises? How decisive was that Sicilian speciality, the earthquake, as a factor in change and renewal? Ail these questions go to the heart of an architecture that was at the same time open to the whole world of European Baroque and yet stubbornly protective of its own unique identity."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Barocco in Sicilia. English
- Alternative Title
- Barocco in Sicilia.
- Subject
- Note
- Map on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281) and index.
- Contents
- A journey through Sicilian Baroque -- The places: old and new -- The actors: patrons, architects, and master builders -- The buildings: tradition and revolution -- Theory and practice: from the book to the building site -- One history or many histories: the thousand faces of the Baroque.
- ISBN
- 9780500342398
- 0500342393
- LCCN
- 2008299332
- OCLC
- ocn163319693
- 163319693
- SCSB-1469987
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library