An excellent introduction to the Baroque and Rococo period, examining the stylein the art and architecture of Europe, Latin America and Asia from 1570-1780. Includes the finest examples of the era in architecture, sculpture, paintings,prints, drawings, ceramics, furniture and interior and landscape design, and setsthe art in its cultural and historical context. Richly illustrated by 250 colour reproductions, with glossary, biographies,chronology, maps and a further reading list supporting the text.

Gauvin Alexander Bailey is Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art at the University of Aberdeen and has also taught at Clark University, Boston University and Boston College. His previous publications include, The Andean Hybrid Baroque: Convergent Cultures in the Churches of Colonial Peru ; Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 ; and Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542-1773 . Prof. Bailey has also curated a number of international museum exhibitions on Renaissance and Baroque Art in Italy,  Latin America and Asia.