TRUSTED
Around 1600, a new style of sculpture started to evolve and flourish in Central Europe and in the German-speaking lands. Dramatic wood and stone figures peopled the palaces, gardens and churches of Munich, Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Vienna and Prague. These great works of art are little known outside Germany and Austria, partly because their colour and vivacity are so astoundingly different from the sculpture that was being produced in Italy, France and elsewhere in Northern Europe at that time. They are overpowering, and amongst the greatest works of art produced in Europe in the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking book explores their history and conveys their visual power.
ISBN 978-1-909400-95-5 Front: Egid Quirin Asam, The Assumption of the Virgin, painted and gilt stucco, 1717/23. Benedictine Abbey of Rohr, Bavaria. Photo: Image Professionals GmbH/Alamy Stick Photo. Back: Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, Poltrone, ivory on wood socle, c. 1730. Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. A. 17-1949). Photo: Victoria and Albert Museum.
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HARVEY MILLER PUBLISHERS
BAROQUE SCULPTURE IN GERMANY AND CENTRAL EUROPE 1600–1770
(also known as Holly Trusted), a former Senior Curator of sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, is Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the V&A, the University of Glasgow and Durham University. She has published widely in the field of sculpture.
MARJORIE TRUSTED
MARJORIE TRUSTED
BAROQUE SCULPTURE IN GERMANY AND CENTRAL EUROPE 1600–17 70