Renaissance and Baroque

228 Pages·1968·46.088 MB·English

by  Heinrich Wolfflin

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RENAISSANCE AND BAROQ,UE
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RENAISSANCE
and BAROQUE
BY HEINRICH WOLFFLIN
Translated by Kathrin Simon
With an Introduction by Peter Murray
Cornell Paperbacks
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
ITHACA^ NEW YORK
©in the Introduction and translation Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1964
©in the original German edition Benno Schwabe & Co., Basel, 1961
All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or
parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in
writing from the publisher.. For information address CorneU University Press,
124 Roberts Place, Ithaca, New York 14850.
First published by Benno Schwabe & Co., Verlag, ^96^
First published in the Fontana Library, 1964
First published in the United States of America
by Cornell University Press, 1966
First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 1967
Third printing 1979
International Standard Book Number 0-8014-9046-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 65-22724
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
Preface to the First Edition pag^ xi
• • •
Translator's Preface xiii
Introduction by Peter Murray i
RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE
INTRODUCTION ^5
PART ONE: THE NATURE OF THE CHANGE IN STYLE 27
I. The painterly style 29
II. The grand style 3^
III. Massiveness 44
IV. Movement 5^
PART TWO: THE CAUSES OF THE CHANGE IN STYLE 71
PART THREE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAROQUE
TYPES ^9
I. The church 9^
II. The palace ^24
III. The villa and the garden ^44
Notes
Acknowledgements and Sources i75
Bibliography *77
Index *79
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ILLUSTRA TIONS
between pages 32-3
1. Florence I Biblioteca Laurenziana, vestibule-
2. Florence: Biblioteca Laurenziana, interior
3. Rome: S. Caterina dei Funari
4. Rome: S. Maria ai Monti
5. Rome: II Gesu
6. Rome: S. Susanna
7. Rome: St. Peter’s
8. Rome: St. Peter’s, exterior of apse
9. Florence: S. Spirito, interior
10. Rome: II Gesu, interior
11. St. Peter’s, interior {from a painting by G. P. Pannini)
between pages g6-y
12. Rome: Cancelleria
13. Rome: Palazzo Farnese
14. Rome: Palazzo Sacchetti
15. Rome: Palazzo dei Conservatori
16. Rome: Cancelleria courtyard
17. Rome: Palazzo Farnese, courtyard
18. Caprarola: Villa Farnese
19. Rome: Vatican, Belvedere Garden {after a drawing by G. Carpi)
20. Rome: Sapienza, courtyard
21. Frascati: Villa Aldobrandini, teatro and fountain
22. Rome: Cancelleria, window and coat of arms
23. Rome: Palazzo Farnese, main doorway and coat of arms
24. Rome: Palazzo Farnese, courtyard, second story window
25. Rome: Capitol
26. Rome: Palazzo del Quirinale, Sala Regia
between pages 144-5
27. Rome: Villa Medici, facade
28. Rome: Villa Medica, rear facade
29. Rome: Villa Farnesina, rear facade
30. Frascati: Villa Aldobrandini
31. Rome: Fountain formerly in the Piazza del Popolo
32. Rome: Vatican gardens, fountain
33. Tivoli: Villa d’Este, rear and gardens
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