The Death Of The Baroque And The Rhetoric Of Good Taste,New Kodansha Comics A Vigorous Literary Tradition

A Vigorous Literary Tradition

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The Death Of The Baroque And The Rhetoric Of Good Taste,New Kodansha Comics A Vigorous Literary TraditionIn Late Seventeenth And Early Eighteenthcentury Rome, A Rhetorical War Raged Among Intellectuals In The Attack And Defense Of Language, Literature, And The Visual Arts. This Book Examines The Cultural Upheaval That Accompanied Attacks On The Baroque Predilection For Ornament, Extended Visual Metaphors, Grandiloquence, And Mystical Rapture. Rome'S Academy Of The Arcadians Emerged As A Potent Social And Cultural Force In The Final Decade Of The