Room 3: Baroque, Europe 1600-1700

Sketch model of Pope Alexander VII, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Italy, 1669-70. Museum no. A.17-1932, room 3

Sketch model of Pope Alexander VII, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Italy, 1669-70. Museum no. A.17-1932, room 3


 

Room 3 will be closed from the 6 April 2011 and will re-open in winter 2014 following a major refurbishment. The space is being redeveloped to show European decorative art and design between 1600 - 1800.


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Baroque: Magnificence & Style (Paperback)

Baroque: Magnificence & Style (Paperback)

The complexity and sophistication of Baroque art, developed through the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, could be understood as an attempt …

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Event - High Renaissance to Baroque 12/13

Wed 19 September 2012–Wed 10 July 2013

YEAR COURSE: Study the art, architecture and decorative arts of Europe from the High Renaissance to Baroque focussing on Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and England.

Wednesdays, 19 September 2012 – 10 July 2013 (over 3 terms), 11.00–15.30

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