Baroque painting : two centuries of masterpieces from the era preceding the dawn of modern art

This large and lavish book, filled with full-color reproductions, surveys roughly two centuries of European painting, from the period following the close of the Italian Renaissance to the dawn of the modern era. Masterpieces by 100 of Europes most important seventeenth- and eighteenth-century painters are shown and described in these pages. Artists include Caravaggio, Tiepolo, and Canaletto from Italy Breugel, Hals, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer from among the Dutch and Flemish masters El Greco and Velasquez from Spain Reynolds, Hogarth, and Gainsborough from England Watteau and Fragonard from France, and many more. Illustrations show faithful reproductions of paintings from museums around the world, representing the entire spectrum of European Baroque painting. Here is a wonderful volume for holiday gift giving, and a fine addition to every art lovers home library. 500 full-color reproductions of major artworks. Surveys approximately two centuries of European paintings, with color reproductions and commentaries of 100 of Europe's most important 17th and 18th century painters, including Italy's Caravaggio, Tiepolo, and Canaletto; Dutch and Flemish masters such as Bruegel, Hals, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer; Spain's El Greco and Velazquez; England's Reynolds, Hogarth, and Gainsborough; and France's Watteau and Fragonard "This handsome volume surveys approximately two centuries of European painting, beginning in the decades following the close of the Italian Renaissance, and concluding at the dawn of the modern era. Masterpieces by 100 of Europe's most important seventeenth - and eighteenth - century painters are shown in 500 faithful full-color reproductions of the original works from major museums around the world." Collects Masterpieces Created By Some Of The Most Well-known Baroque Artists Including Paul Rubens, El Greco, And Jan Vermeer