Main entry:

Blunt, Anthony, 1907-1983.

Title & Author:

Art and architecture in France, 1500-1700 / Anthony Blunt.

Edition:

5th ed. / revised by Richard Beresford.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999.

Description:

xi, 319 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Series:

Yale University Press Pelican history of art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-307) and index.
Preface to the fourth edition / Anthony Blunt -- Preface to the fifth (posthumous) edition / Richard Beresford -- 1. From the Invasion of Italy to the Battle of Pavia 1494-1525 -- 2. The Middle Years of Francis I 1525-1540 -- 3. The Classical Period of the Sixteenth Century 1540-1565 -- 4. The Wars of Religion 1560-1598 -- 5. Henry IV and the Regency of Marie de' Medici 1598-1630 -- 6. Richelieu and Mazarin 1630-1661 -- 7. Louis XIV and Colbert 1660-1685 -- 8. The Decline of Louis XIV 1685-1705.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in France were an epoch of spectacular artistic activity, exemplified by the châteaux of the Loire valley, the palace of Versailles, the paintings of Poussin and Claude, and the sculpture of Coysevox, which echo the political and cultural importance of France and the "Sun King". Anthony Blunt presents major artists and their principal works chronologically, provides an overview of the main projects of the period and of the artistic personalities behind them, and clearly sets the historical context.

ISBN:

0300077351 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300077353 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300077483 (paper ; alk. paper)
9780300077483 (paper ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Art, French 16th century.
Art, French 17th century.
Classicism in art France.
Art français 16e siècle.
Art français 17e siècle.
Classicisme dans l'art France.
Art, French.
Classicism in art.
Architektur
Kunst
Beeldende kunsten.
Bouwkunst.
Art France 16e siècle.
Architecture France 17e siècle.
Art France 17e siècle.
Architecture France 16e siècle.
Art de la Renaissance France.
Art français.
Architecture de la Renaissance France.
Art, Modern 17th-18th centuries France.
France.
Frankreich
Arte francés Renacimiento Siglos XVI-XVIII.
Arte moderno Siglos XVI-XVIII Francia.

Added entries:

Beresford, Richard.
Yale University Press Pelican history of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 207664
Call No.: N6845 .B5 1999
Status: Available