Baroque painting in Malta

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sciberras Keith
Group Author: Borg Joe P
Published: Midsea Books,
Publisher Address: Valletta, Malta
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xii, 450 p.: ill. ; 31 cm.
ISBN: 9789993272496
9993272493
Index Number: J233(549)
CLC: J233(549)
Call Number: J233(549)/S416
Contents: In collab. with Department of History of Art, University of Malta.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-445) and index.
The pre-Baroque years -- Realism and naturalism : Caravaggio -- Bolognese Classicism : Leonello Spada -- Caravaggism in Malta : imported works -- Caravaggism in Malta : copies after Caravaggio and works executed in Malta -- The mid-seventeenth century : high art and the vernacular -- The Baroque Macchina : Mattia Preti -- The bottega of Mattia Preti and Giuseppe D'Arena -- Late Baroque classicism : Stefano and Alessio Erardi -- The early eighteenth century -- Horror vacui and dry classicism : Gio Nicola Buhagiar and Enrico Regnaud -- Mid-eighteenth century works by foreign artists -- The tri