Piero Boccardo

Luca Cambiaso

Palazzo ducale (Genoa, Italy)

Luca Cambiaso was one of the major figures in the artistic panorama of the mid-16th century, when Genoa, in a period of great vitality and flourishing economy, confirmed its leading role and the prestige of its aristocracy both in Italy and in Europe. This text provides a comprehensive overview of Cambiaso's life and work.

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585

Nicholas Turner

Guercino

dipinti e disegni delle Civiche collezioni

Genova e Guercino

Galleria di Palazzo Rosso (Genova)

I grandi disegni italiani del Gabinetto disegni e stampe di Palazzo Rosso a Genova

Jonathan Bober

Franco Boggero

Peter Lukehart

Andrea Zanini

Genoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Europe in the seventeenth century. The wealth accumulated by its leading families spurred investment in the visual arts on an enormous scale. This volume explores how artists both foreign and native created a singularly rich and extravagant expression of the baroque in works of extraordinary variety, sumptuousness, and exuberance. This art, however, has remained largely hidden behind the facades of the city's palaces, with few works, apart from those by the school's great expatriates, found beyond its borders. As a result, the Genoese baroque has been insufficiently considered or appreciated.0Lavishly illustrated, 'A Superb Baroque' is comprehensive, encompassing all the major media and participants. Presented are some 140 select works by the celebrated foreigners drawn to the city and its flourishing environment. Offering three levels of exploration-essays that frame and interpret, section introductions that characterize principal currents and stages, and texts that elucidate individual works-this volume is by far the most extensive study of the Genoese baroque in the English language.00Exhibition: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA (03.05.-16.08.2020) / Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Italy (03.10.2020 - 10.01.2021).

Art in Genoa, 1600–1750

A Superb Baroque

Piero Boccardo

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