Faith, reason, and power in the early modern world by Fiero, Gloria K.

Subjects: “…Arts, baroque…”

History of art the Western tradition by Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar) 1913-1982, Janson, Anthony F.

Table of Contents: “…The Renaissance through the Rococo : The early Renaissance in Italy -- The high Renaissance in Italy -- The late Renaissance in Italy -- "Late Gothic" painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts -- The Renaissance in the North -- The Baroque in Italy and Spain -- The Baroque in Flanders and Holland -- The Baroque in France and England -- The Rococo -- Part IV. …”

Travels in the history of architecture by Harbison, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Egyptian -- Greek -- Roman -- Byzantine -- Romanesque -- Gothic -- Renaissance -- Mannerism -- Baroque -- Historicism -- Modernism I: functionalism -- Modernism II: expressionism, constructivism and deconstruction.…”
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War games a history of war on paper by Hilgers, Philipp von

Table of Contents: “…The battle of numbers in the middle ages -- Power games in the Baroque period -- The state of the war game -- Historiography in real time -- Higher mathematics and Nomos of the Earth -- From formula games to the universal machine.…”

Headlines in history the 1600s

Table of Contents: “…Scientific revolution -- Experimental method: New framework for science -- From mathematics to microscopes: Advances in biology -- On the mechanism of the human mind -- Impressions of Peter the great -- Manchu dynasty rules China -- Establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan -- Chapter 4 -- James I: The beginning of Stuart Rule -- Civil wars of 1640-1660: An overview -- Trial and execution of Charles Stuart -- Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 -- Leviathan: An artificial man -- Glorious revolution of 1688 -- Essay concerning the true end of civil government -- Chapter 5 -- Thirty years' war: Overview -- Rise of swedish influence -- Peace of westphalia -- Reign of Louis XIV -- Lessons in kingship for the dauphin -- Golden age of Dutch commerce -- Fall of the Ottoman empire -- Chapter 6 -- Music during the baroque period -- Vitality of Baroque painting -- Golden age of the theater -- Literature of the seventeenth century -- Matsuo Basho: Master of haika and renga -- Walk through the Taj Mahal -- Middle class in seventeenth-century France -- Great fire of London.…”

The mirror in medieval and early modern culture specular reflections