The Baroque period lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. Rich in images encompassing the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture, this work offers a complete and didactic insight into this passionate period in the history of art, and will thus appeal to a large audience
The Return of the Baroque in Modern Culture explores the re-invention of the early European Baroque within the philosophical, cultural, and literary thought of postmodernism in Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Gregg Lambert argues that the “return of the Baroque” expresses a principle often hidden behind the cultural logic of postmodernism in its various national and cultural incarnations, a principal often in variance with Anglo-American modernism.
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition
Course No. 700 (48 lectures, 45 minutes/lecture) Taught by Robert Greenberg San Francisco Performances Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1. Music as a Mirror 2. Sources—The Ancient World and the Early Church 3. The Middle Ages 4. Introduction to the Renaissance 5. The Renaissance Mass 6. The Madrigal... and more
Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850From the Baroque Era to the Victorian Era, 1650-1850, unprecedented changes took place in the food ways and dining habits of European society. This daily life aspect of history comes alive for students and food enthusiasts as they read and try out these recipes, most translated into English for the first time. There are nearly 200 recipes, organized overall by the mini-periods of the Baroque and Rococo Era, the Reign of Louis XV to the French Revolution, and the reign of Napoleon to the Victorian Era.
Vivaldi: Genius of the BaroqueTHE AIM of this modest book is to guide the reader as well as possible through the life of Vivaldi and through his works, for which there is a growing audience created by radio and records, by the chamber orchestra revival, and by the belatedly awakened interest of the virtuosos....
