This era of exuberant creativity celebrates this beautifully illustrated new art book at a competitive price. Baroque art was characterized by raw emotion, elaborate decorative elements and dramatic use of light, reaching its apogee in works such as Bernini’s magnificent altarpiece The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Over time, this powerful genre evolved into the more ornate and sensually playful Rococo, a style epitomized in Watteau’s sumptuous paintings. This beautifully presented exploration of both movements takes the reader through more than a century of art history, exploring the lives and works of sculptors such as Bernini, artists such as Watteau, Boucher, Rubens and Hogarth, and architects such as Christopher Wren.
