Title & Author:

Life and the arts in the baroque palaces of Rome : Ambiente Barocco / Stefanie Walker and Frederick Hammond, editors.

Publication:

New York : Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, by Yale University Press, ©1999.

Description:

xvii, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, N.Y., Mar. 10-June 13, 1999 and the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Mo., July 25-Oct. 3, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.
Artistic sources and development of Roman Baroque decorative arts / Stephanie Walker -- Inside the palace: people and furnishings / Patricia Waddy -- Setting the noble stage in Baroque Rome: Roman palaces, political contest, and social theater, 1600-1700 / Thomas Dandelet -- Creation of a Roman festival: Barberini celebrations for Christina of Sweden / Frederick Hammond -- Invention and reality in Roman still-life painting of the seventeenth century: Fioravanti and the others / Eduard A. Safarik -- Prince defended: arms and armor in seventeenth-century Rome / Maria Giulia Barberini -- Decorating the palace: Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) in the Cancelleria / Edward J. Olszewski -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Maria Giulia Barberini [and others].

Summary:

"The Baroque palaces of seventeenth-century Rome were centers for much of the artistic and cultural activities of the city. This book presents some of the magnificent furnishings from these palaces and explains what they reveal of the social life and art patronage of the major families of the Eternal City during this period." "This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts from March 10 through June 13, the show then travels to the Nelson-Arkins Museum in Kansas City, where it will appear from July 25 through October 3, 1999"--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300079338 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300079333 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300079346 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300079340 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Arts, Baroque Italy Rome Exhibitions.
Arts, Italian Italy Rome Exhibitions.
Arts and society Italy Rome History 17th century Exhibitions.
Arts baroques Italie Rome Expositions.
Arts italiens Italie Rome Expositions.
Arts et société Italie Rome Histoire 17e siècle Expositions.
Arts and society
Arts, Baroque
Arts, Italian
Beeldende kunsten.
Bouwkunst.
Kunstnijverheid.
Sociale geschiedenis.
Adel.
Kunstbevordering.
Barok.
Art Italie Rome (Italie) Catalogues d'exposition.
Art Aspect social Italie Rome (Italie) 17e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Art baroque Italie Rome (Italie) Catalogues d'exposition.
Italy Rome
Arte barroco Roma (Italia)
Arte y sociedad Roma (Italia) Siglo XVII.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Walker, Stefanie.
Hammond, Frederick, 1937-2023
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202183
Call No.: NX552.R65 L5 1999
Status: Available