In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the National Museum in Wrocław, southwestern Poland, has put on a grand exhibition called “Rococo Madness" to trace the fascination with late Baroque art in ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

Baroque & Rococo : idea & image -- Setting the stage : social, cultural, & artistic institutions -- The Baroque church : setting for mystery, propaganda, & worship ...

Founded in 1903, The Burlington Magazine soon established itself as the world's leading monthly art periodical. Covering all aspects of the fine and decorative arts from ancient times to the present ...

Any aficionado of Germany’s Baroque and Rococo abbeys will be familiar with the tiny church guides (Kirchenführer) for sale next to the collection box and published by the likes of Josef Fink or ...

The Bulletin of the Saint Louis Art Museum was published under various titles from 1915 to 1998. From 1915 to 1979 it contained information on Museum activities and acquisitions. Some issues served as ...

The craftsmen of the baroque preferred a curve to a straight line and a contorted curve to a plain one. When the Spaniards brought baroque to the New World, it blossomed in fresh and wonderful ...

Every beachcomber knows that sea shells are beautiful, yet few know they are so beautiful that once their shape inspired a style that spread across half of Europe. During the 18th century, painters, ...