Baroque : architecture, sculpture, painting / edited by Rolf Toman ; photos by Achim Bednorz ; [translation from German: Paul Aston, Phil Greenhead, Christine Shuttleworth]

Köln : Könemann, 1998. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 503 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 32 cm. Notes; Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-493) and indexes. Translation of: Kunst des Barock. Contents; Introduction / Barbara Borngässer/Rolf Toman -- Architecture and city in Italy from the early Baroque to the early neo-classical period / Wolfgang Jung -- Baroque city planning / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Baroque architecture in Spain and Portugal ; Baroque architecture in Latin America ; Baroque architecture in France / Barbara Borngässer -- Baroque landscape architecture / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Baroque architecture in England ; Baroque architecture in the Netherlands ; Baroque architecture in Scandinavia / Barbara Borngässer -- Baroque architecture in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Eastern Europe / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Baroque sculpture in Italy, France, and central Europe / Uwe Geese -- Baroque sculpture in Spain / José Ignacio Hernández Redondo -- Painting in Italy, Spain, and France in the seventeenth century / Karin Hellwig -- Emblems / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Painting in Netherlands, Germany, and England in the seventeenth century / Kira van Lil -- Glossary. Subjects; Art, Baroque. Architecture, Baroque. Sculpture, Baroque. Painting, Baroque.