Blunt Anthony. Baroque and Rococo: Architecture and Decoration

Wordsworth, 1988. — 360 p.This book is not intended to be a complete history of the
architecture and decoration of the Baroque and the Rococo - such
a project would take many volumes of this size: it is rather
an attempt to define what can properly be covered by the terms
Baroque and Rococo and to bring out the salient features of
both styles and the modifications which they underwent in the
various countries which adopted them. Emphasis is laid on the
great figures of the period, but the vernacular style is also
discussed, even in areas which did not produce any great
masters.