Start with high-confidence baroque & rococo art history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Caravaggio
Francine Prose
The Cornucopian Mind and the Baroque Unity of the Arts
Giancarlo Maiorino
The Lost Painting
Jonathan Harr
Vermeer
Gregor J. M. Weber, Pieter Roelofs
Close to Vermeer: New Research on the Painter and His Art
Ige Verslype, Abbie Vandivere
The Theater of Truth
William Egginton
Canaletto and Guardi
Lelia Packer, Charles Beddington
Thunderclap
Laura Cumming
Caravaggio. the Complete Works
Sebastian Schütze
