Baroque : architecture, sculpture, painting / edited by Rolf Toman ; photos by Achim Bednorz

Originally published in German with title Barock

Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-492) and index

Introduction / Barbara Borngässer/Rolf Toman -- Architecture and city in Italy from the early Baroque to the early neo-classical period / Wolfgang Jung -- Baroque city planning / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Baroque architecture in Spain and Portugal ; Baroque architecture in Latin America ; Baroque architecture in France / Barbara Borngässer -- Baroque landscape architecture / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Baroque architecture in England ; Baroque architecture in the Netherlands ; Baroque architecture in Scandinavia / Barbara Borngässer -- Baroque architecture in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Eastern Europe / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Baroque sculpture in Italy, France, and central Europe / Uwe Geese -- Baroque sculpture in Spain / José Ignacio Hernández Redondo -- Painting in Italy, Spain, and France in the seventeenth century / Karin Hellwig -- Emblems / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Painting in Netherlands, Germany, and England in the seventeenth century / Kira van Lil -- Glossary

Provides an overview of the artistic diversity of the Baroque period of European architecture, sculpture, and painting. Features include: impressive photographs of the works and informative and interesting texts written by renowned authors from the fields of history, architecture and art history