Let perception be your guide: how to see the Rococo

Any aficionado of Germanys Baroque and Rococo abbeys will be familiar with the tiny church guides (Kirchenfhrer) for sale next to the collection box and published by the likes of Josef Fink or Schnell & Steiner, with their gorgeous photographs, meticulous plans and precise, scholarly information for the visitor. The Swiss art historian Nicolaj van der Meulens colossal new monograph, Der Parergonale Raum: zum Verhltnis von Bild, Raum und Performanz in der Sptbarocken Benediktinerabtei Zwiefal