Cortes del Barroco. De Bernini y Velázquez a Luca Giordano

The catalogue includes the works of the exhibition that took place in Madrid and Rome. It analyses the social, ideological and aesthetic framework of the main centers of power in Europe during the second half of the seventeenth century. Under the careful coordination of Professor Fernando Checa, this book uncovers the period of greatest splendor formally called "Baroque courts', a time of booming call courtly society. The court was a privileged place where not only the political, but the stage of development of artistic practices reached expressions of great quality, both in their practical achievements and theoretical debates.

Available in Spanish.