Southern Baroque revisited / Sacheverell Sitwell.
1967, 1st edition. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Provenance: Bookplate of Hardy Amies. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's signature. Item #404569
Physical description; 306 pp., 14 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Contents; 1. Preludio -- 2. The kingdom of the three Sicilies -- 3. The art of facade -- 4. "alla Veneziana" -- 5. Four men in black: Borromini, Guarini, Juvarra, Vittone -- 6. "A new country of pagodas and Indian temples -- 7. Estilo Mejicano -- 8. "Je suis Bresilien, j'ai de l'or" -- 9. The castrati, and others -- 10. Music-master to the Infanta Barbara: Domenico Scarlatti -- Appendix: notes on three hundred and more sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti -- Index. Subjects; Art, Baroque Europe, Southern. Latin America. Rococo.
Price: €18.00