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Terms and conditions applyThe Baroque Architecture of Sicily
Maria Giuffre
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Format: Book
Pages: 287
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: Oct 2007
Stock Code: 62607
Binding: Hardback
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Anthony Blunt once described Sicilian Baroque as the style in which the energy and imagination of the south attained full and mature expression. More and more it is beingackowledged that this era in the islands history should be recognised as a crucial phase of Western civilisation.
Sicilian Baroque is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture that took hold on the island of Sicily in the 17th and 18th centuries, following an intensive surge of building in the wake of the devastating earthquake of 1693. The style is recognisable not only by its typical Baroque curves and flourishes, but by its particular flamboyance that has given Sicily a unique architectural identity.
This magisterial volume is generously illustrated throughout with breathtaking photographs and original drawings and plans, bringing into vivid relief the fruits of an extraordinary flowering of architectural genius. It seeks by analysis and above all by revelatory photography to define what makes the Baroque of Sicily distinctive.
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