The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome woodland a scholarly introduction Adult All Sizes:XL a scholarly introduction Subsequent chapters examine the nine major cycles of work on canvas that constitute his most important achievement Riegl offered a markedly different account from that of Heinrich Wöfflin and other contemporaries: the beginning of the new artistic era extending from the 1520s to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was to be judged by its own rules and not merely as a period of decline This first English translation brings Riegl's compelling vision of the Baroque to life and amply illustrates his charisma as a lecturer