Rolf Toman Libros

Courtly splendor and bourgeois pride, religious fanaticism and ascetic seclusion from the world, the search for intimacy: all are mirrored in the art of the Gothic period. Gothic monuments bear witness to a dynamic age, when old values were being redefined, often with great drama and debate. Here is a richly-illustrated overview of the period's architecture, sculpture, painting, stained glass, and jewelry, from its 12th-century French origins to its early 16th-century conclusion.

The Romanesque was the first epoch of medieval art that encompassed all of Europe. This book helps us understand and experience this tight integration and explains the manifold aspects of Romanesque artistic composition, in which the hopes and fears of the people of the time found their expression

Austria's history as a destination for the arts began more than 25,000 years ago with the carving of the Wildendorf Venus and continued throughout the Roman, Gothic and Baroque periods. Today's Vienna is an amalgam of old and new with an abundant mix of museums, galleries, monuments and parks to delight any visitor.

The photographs in the book, together with the main chapters and the sections on forms and techniques, show how much more there is to the Romanesque apart from round arches and heavy, powerful walls. Some of the pictures will convey the special atmosphere which characterizes a medieval church or monastery, and enable the reader to gain an understanding of the very different quality of life enjoyed by the people who lived there.

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This book features over 400 stunning color photographs by Achim Bedorz, showcasing more than 240 religious buildings from the Byzantine era to modern masterpieces by architects like Antoni Gaudi and Le Corbusier. It highlights famous churches across Europe and covers key architectural styles: Romanticism, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque.

This comprehensive volume provides readers with multi-faceted insights into the full abundance of all the movements and schools of art between 1750 and 1848. It presents a comprehensive overview of the development of Neo-classicist and Romantic art in Europe and North America. It features illuminating excursions into areas such as the foundations of Neoclassicism in the Renaissance architecture of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). It discusses European painting between two revolutions: the development of painting in France from Jacques Louis David through to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and his antipode, Eugene Delacroix. It is richly illustrated with photographs taken exclusively for this book. Neoclassicism, as a return to the forms and ideals of ancient art, and Romanticism, as an intellectual attitude, are no longer seen as mutually exclusive alternatives.

Diese "Geschichte der Architektur" präsentiert einen umfassenden, weltweiten Überblick über die Architektur von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart. Anhand von rund 1.000 Fotografien werden mehr als 600 bedeutende Bauwerke und ihre Entstehung vorgestellt, ergänzt durch Grundrisse und Detailaufnahmen. Informative Texte zu jeder Epoche, zu den einzelnen Bauten sowie zu speziellen Themen wie Architekturtheorie, Formensprache und Dekor ergänzen die prachtvollen Reproduktionen und liefern eine ausführliche Gesamtdarstellung.