From its beginnings in the seventeenth century; the Baroque embraced the whole of Catholic Europe and infiltrated Protestant England; Orthodox Russia and even Muslim Turkey. Architecture; paintings; poetry; music; natural science and new forms of piety all have their places on the Baroque map. In this surprising reinterpretation of the Baroque; Robert Harbison offers new readings that stress its eccentric and tumultuous forms; in which a destabilized sense of reality is often projected onto the viewer. This strange; subjectively inclined world is manifested in such bizarre phenomena as the small stuccoed universes of Giacomo Serpotta; the Sacred Mounts of Piedmont and the grimacing heads of F. X. Messerschmidt.Harbison explores the Baroques metamorphoses into later styles; particularly the Rococo; and; in an unexpected twist; pursues the Baroque idea into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; proposing provocative analyses of pastiches or imitations (in Der Rosenkavalier and the work of Aubrey Beardsley) or resemblances (deliberate or not) in Czech Cubism and Frank Gehrys architecture. Reflections on Baroque demonstrates that the Baroque impulse lives on in the twenty-first century imagination.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. You Have to Say You Love This BookBy David TerralavoroI always wanted to get this book - wasnt available to me 20 years ago. I obtained a copy - I couldnt put it down. Simon Napier-Bell was a onetime manager of the (Beck-Page lineup) Yardbirds. Also contributed musical ideas; He categorizes some chapters - its not written chronologically. There are some amusing stories about Kit Lambert too! This is a great book and as a bonus - my particular copy includes 2 excerpts (in 40 pages) "Black Vinyl white Powder" and "I am Going to Take you to Lunch"(or close to that title sorry....) Everyone should read this. Thanks0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Best funniest book on the record industry EVER!By A. M. FornaroIve been in the record industry ( far from the executive level tho) since 1986 and cant tell you what a thrill it is to read Simons book! The man is a genius and was ahead of his time. Every chapter is begging to be a mini-movie. Reading Simons hilarious accounts on Robert Stigwood; Kit Lambert and Keith Moon have made me yearn to take a time machine trip back to Londons swinging sixies now more than ever ! Thanks to my buddy Chuck harter for bringiing this masterpiece of literature to my attention.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A mix of pop music industry facts and anecdotes about ...By Ron JollyA mix of pop music industry facts and anecdotes about the writers life in the 60s. Swinging London is depicted as a mix of glamour; seediness and corruption. Entertaining and reasonably light. The sex; removed from the original version; is back in in this edition.