Screen LibraryBaroque baroque : the culture of excess /
In this book, the author explores a panorama of fashion, decoration, stage and screen to show how the Baroque has not only survived into our own century but has flourished in all areas of the arts and media. He looks at the haughty extravagances of couture, the theatrical affectation of Hollywood, t...
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Phaidon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 1994. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
In this book, the author explores a panorama of fashion, decoration, stage and screen to show how the Baroque has not only survived into our own century but has flourished in all areas of the arts and media. He looks at the haughty extravagances of couture, the theatrical affectation of Hollywood, the fantastical whimsies of architecture and design, and he demonstrated how Baroque tendencies have cross-fertilized throughout the century. |
| Item Description: |
Reprinted in paperback 2000. Originally published in hardback in 1994. Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780714838601 0714838608 0714829854 9780714829852 |
| Index Number: | NX542 |
| CLC: | J150.099 |
| Call Number: | J150.099/C163 |
| Contents: | 1900 to 1920s : Extravagance & excess -- 1930s : Neo-Baroque fantasy & frivolity -- 1940s : Wartime romanticism, pleasing decay & the Baroque image -- 1950s to 1970s : Post-war whimsy & anti-modernism -- 1980s to 1990s : The great Baroque revival. |