Age of the Baroque in Portugal

Name: Age of the Baroque in Portugal
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ISBN: 9780300058413

ISBN-10: 0300058411

ISBN-13: 9780300058413

Edition: 1993

Authors: Jay Levenson

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The Eighteenth century was a true golden age for the visual arts in Portugal. The discovery of fabulous deposits of gold, diamonds, and emeralds in Brazil suddenly made Portugal's court the wealthiest in Europe, enabling patronage of the arts on a lavish scale. This handsome volume is the first major work to be devoted to this period of Portuguese art and history. Written by historians such as Kenneth Maxwell and specialists in architectural history such as Helmut Wohl and Jennifer Montagu, the book tells the story of this unique age - its politics, society and history. Focusing on the reigns of King Jaoa V, who ruled from 1706 to 1750, and King Jose I (1750-1777) the book reproduces and…

Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 10/27/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 0.94" wide x 1.19" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 3.828
Language: English



Lenders to the Exhibition


Foreword



Acknowledgments



Preface



Portugal and the World in the Age of Dom Joao V



Dom Joao V and the Artists of Papal Rome



Lisbon, 'This New Rome': Dom Joao V of Portugal and Relations between Rome and Lisbon



Joao V and Italian Sculpture



Wondrous Vehicles: the Coaches of the Embassy of the Marques de Fontes



Eighteenth-Century Portugal: Faith and Reason, Tradition and Innovation During a Golden Age



Lisbon, the Enlightened City of the Marques de Pombal



Portuguese Baroque Architecture



Portuguese Jewelry of the Eighteenth Century



The Silver Table Service of Dom Jose I of Portugal



Court Festivities at Queluz



Catalogue


The City of Lisbon


Private Life


Scientific Instruments from the University of Coimbra


The Royal Court


The Arts in the Service of Religion


The Coach of the Embassy of the Marques de Fontes


Chronology


Bibliography