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Baroque and Rococo Pictorial Imagery (Paperback)

by Cesare Ripa (Author), Edward A. Maser (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 430 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; New edition of Revised edition edition (26 Oct 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0486265951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486265957
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,251,679 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An underrated treasure, 6 Feb 2006
By ILONACAT (WIRRAL, ENGLAND) - See all my reviews
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In our own times, when art is often accorded merit on the basis of its originality, it is difficult to imagine a time when artists-and writers-regularly consulted a book of iconography before starting work. This Iconologia is such a work. It was originally compiled by the Italian Cesare Ripa in the late sixteenth century and consisted of text but, strangely, no images. This book is almost a reversal of that-there are 200 prints by Johann Georg Hertel ( who worked in Augsburg in the eighteenth century) and only a basic text.

The prints are magnificent, highly-detailed depictions of vices, virtues, characters and emotions.You notice a new detail every time you look at an image. Ripa-and Hertel-drew heavily on Classical sources, also on medieval sources such as illuminated bibles, bestiaries and the like.

If you are looking at anything-art, architecture, sculpture-dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this book is a must to understanding the complex and fascinating symbolism. The book is well-produced by the excellent Dover Publications ; it is also very reasonably priced.

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