Blunt, Anthony.

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (The Pelican History of Art).

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVII, 312 pages. With 192 black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges, endpapers, half-title and title pages. Pages lightly tanned. Binding tight. Gilt title on spine and emblem on front cover. Interior clean. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

Includes for example the following essays: From the Invasion of Italy to the Battle of Pavia 1494-1525 / Architecture: The Introduction of Renaissance Motives from Northern Italy: the first Chateaux of Francis I / Painting: Bourdichon, Perreal / The Middle Years of Francis I 1525-1540: Architecture: The Chateauz built for Francis I in the Ile-de-France: Madrid, Fontainebleau etc. / Portrait Painting: Jean Clouet / The Classical Period of the Sixteenth Century 1540-1565: Sculpture: Goujon, Bontemps, Domenico del Barbiere / The Wars of Religion 1560-1598: Painting: Antoine Caron, Jean Cousin the Younger, and the Portrait Painters / Richelieu and Mazarin 1630-1661: Lemercier, François Mansart, the early work of Le Vau / Sraazin, François and Michel Anguier / Louis XIV and Colbert 1660-1685: Architecture and the Decorative Arts: The Louvre, Versailles / The Decline of Louis XIV 1685-1705: The later work of J.H. Mansart-Bullet / La Fosse, Jouvenet, Antoine Coypel- The Portrait Painters: François de Troy, Largillierre, and Rigaud- Desportes / The Transition to the Eighteenth Century etc.

• Keywords: Architecture · Art · Art – Rare · Art History · Freedom of information · French Architecture · French Art · French History · History · History of Architecture · History of Art · History of France · Painters · Painting · Sculpture
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200329AB

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