Theatricality dominates these styles. which were a triumphant response to the rigor of the Renaissance. Here you'll find Bernini, Borromini and Velazquez alongside Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Rubens, as well as Fragonard and Canaletto who brought the century to a close. This brings the number of titles in this series (the Pocket Visual Encyclopedia of Art) available in the U.S. to fourteen in addition to the sixteen available in the larger format Visual Encyclopedia of Art.

"The Thyssen Museum is putting on an exhibition about the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio and his influence on a group of painters from Northern Europe who, fascinated by his work, spread his style through their creations. This collection of works highlights the legacy of the artist from Lombardy, considered the first great exponent of Baroque painting. A journey through the artistic career of Caravaggio through a collection of pieces from his Roman period up to the dark paintings of his later years, together with a selection of works by his most prominent followers in Holland, Flanders, and France, such as Dirk van Baburen, Hendrick Ter Brugghen, David de Haen and Gerrit van Honthorst, Nicolas Régnier and Louis Finson, and Simon Vouet, Claude Vignon, Nicolas Tournier and Valentin de Boulogne."--[esmadrid.com].