Emotion and the Seduction of the Senses,Baroque to Neo-Baroque examines therelationship between the culturalproductions of the baroque in theseventeenth century and the neo-baroque inour contemporary world. The volumeilluminates how, rather than providingrationally ordered visual realms, both thebaroque and the neo-baroque constructcomplex performative spaces whosespectacle seeks to embrace, immerse, andseduce the senses and solicit the emotions ofthe beholder.