Reflections on Baroque

by Robert Harbison

Book Overview

From its beginnings in the seventeenth century, the eccentric and tumultuous forms of the Baroque spread across not only Europe but colonial Latin America and Asia as well. With Reflections on Baroque , Robert Harbison brings together discussions of aesthetics, science, mysticism, politics, religion, and culture to offer a surprising reinterpretations of the baroque style and its influences and echoes into the twentieth century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226316009
• ISBN13: 9780226316000
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.9"