The Age of the Baroque in Portugal

Washington D.C. and New Haven, CT: National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press, 1993. Cloth, 303 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 7. November 1993 to 6 February 1994. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "During the 18th-century deposits of gold, silver, diamonds and emeralds were discovered in Brazil, enabling the Court of Portugal to commission art on a lavish scale. This book is devoted to this period of Portuguese art and history, including paintings, sculpture, furniture and textiles." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Portugal in the 18th Century , Kenneth Maxwell; the Portugese commercial empire - an overview, John Russell-Wood; John V and Papal Rome, A. Ayres de Carvalho; artistic relations between Italy and Portugal in the age of John V, Angela Delaforce; John V and Italian sculpture, Jennifer Montague; Portuguese architecture in the 18th century, Helmut Wohl; Lisbon in the age of the Marquis de Pombal, Jose Augusto Franca; the table service of the kings of Portugal, Leonor d'Orey; Portuguese baroque jewelry, Leonor d'Orey. Catalogue - Lisbon - the city and its reconstruction; private life; royal projects; the arts in the service of religion.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.