Table of Contents

1900-1920s - fantasy and excess; the 1930s: Neo-Baroque and fantasy; the 1940s - wartime Romanticism - pleasing decay and the Baroque image; the 1950s - romantic Baroque; the 1960s and 1970s - Baroque in its nadir; the 1980s - Baroque Baroque Revival.

About the Author

Stephen Calloway is a writer, journalist, lecturer, designer and consultant on historic interiors. He was formerly Curator of Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Reviews

"The most provocative and stimulating style book of the year."—The New York Times "Baroque Baroque is a carefully written and wonderfully illustrated book... It helps to define the notion of Englishness itself."—The Times "The sort of book that could itself become a landmark in taste."—Country Life