Transformations

Unprecedented in scope ¿ like its companion volume on the High Renaissance, Mannerism ¿ this sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the 17th and early 18th centuries ¿ particularly the transformation of rationalist Classical ideals into the emotive, highly theatrical style known as Baroque and the further development away from architectonic principles to the free-ranging decorative style known as Rococo.