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Renaissance and Baroque Art and Culture in the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1506-1696)
This monograph serves as an introduction to the art, architecture and literary culture of the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th centuries. The geographical area under discussion comprises the regions of contemporary Lithuania, western Belarus and western Ukraine. The introduction of the Renaissance and Baroque classical revival into these lands is considered here within the political context of nationalistic and religious loyalties, as well as economic status and class. The central discussion focuses on the issue of national identity and religious loyalty in the inter-relation between the Byzantine inheritance of the Lithuanian and Ruthenian populace and the Poloniz...
Studi sui Fontana
Il volume attraverso le vicende dei Fontana racconta da un punto di vista ravvicinato l'epopea della cultura architettonica tra Manierismo e Barocco. Si tratta di una sorta di storia enciclopedica dei Fontana, dove sono confluite le ricerche più recenti sulle opere di questi architetti, nel quadro sociale della migrazione delle maestranze ticinesi a Roma e con l'aggiunta di alcuni correlati sull'Europa orientale. La prima parte del volume è dedicata all'attività professionale dei Fontana tra Roma e Napoli. La seconda parte fornisce nuovi contributi sulle biografie, declinati attraverso un'analisi delle vicende patrimoniali e familiari. La terza parte presenta il quadro dei repertori biogr...
Roman Baroque Sculpture
Draws on contemporary biographies and a wealth of hitherto unpublished archival material to illuminate the position and practice of the Baroque sculptor, to enable the reader to appreciate, understand and evaluate the sculptural monuments of the Roman Baroque.
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The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795
For four centuries, the Polish�Lithuanian state encompassed a major geographic region comparable to present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania. Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, it enjoyed unusual domestic tranquility, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century and the country generally avoided civil wars. Selling grain and timber to western Europe helped make it exceptionally wealthy for much of the period. The Polish�Lithuanian State, 1386�1795 is the first account in English devoted specifically to this important era. It ta...
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