Baroque Art
Klaus H. Carl · Victoria Charles
Jan 2009 · Parkstone International
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The Baroque period lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. Baroque art was artists' response to the Catholic Church's demand for solemn grandeur following the Council of Trent, and through its monumentality and grandiloquence it seduced the great European courts. Amongst the Baroque arts, architecture has, without doubt, left the greatest mark in Europe: the continent is dotted with magnificent Baroque churches and palaces, commissioned by patrons at the height of their power. The works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini of the Southern School and Pet
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Carl is a German writer, photographer, and teacher.
Charles has published many different works and is a regular contributor to an international guide to contemporary art.
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