The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome civil rights the various tools and techniques

the various tools and techniques used by ancient sculptors to execute work

and Khnopff deftly captured the child's vulnerability to the outside world in the small gesture of her tiny thumb catching the edge of her bow

Johannes Taubert played a pioneering role in combining the rigorous scientific analysis of materials with a fuller understanding of form and function

8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

Reproductions of each piece are accompanied by text that identifies the sculptor

The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome civil rights the various tools and techniquesAlois Riegl Edited and translated by Andrew Hopkins and Arnold Witte with essays by Alina Payne, Arnold Witte, and Andrew Hopkins Delivered three times between 1898 and 1902 and subsequently revised with an eye toward publication, Alois Riegl's lectures on the origins of Baroque art in Rome broke new ground in its field. In his approach and content, Riegl offered a markedly different account from that of Heinrich Wfflin and other contemporaries: the