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The deformation : attention and discernment in Catholic Reformation art and architecture /

During the Catholic Reformation, patrons, artists, architects and viewers, especially in Rome, were strongly drawn to visual and spatial distortions or "deformations," works of art and architecture that were designed to be visually incomprehensible, at least initially. From Borromini'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berger, Susanna (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Reformation and art. Counter-Reformation and art. Architecture, Medieval. Christian art and symbolism > History > 17th century. Deformations (Mechanics) in art.

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