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Bernini : his life and his Rome / Franco Mormando.
Fine Arts Library NB623.B5 M67 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mormando, Franco.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680.
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo.
- Sculptors--Italy--Biography.
- Sculptors.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Franco Mormando's fascinating book is a welcome addition to the Bernini literature. It is both a biography of the artist and a portrait of Roman Baroque culture. Though written for a general audience, it reveals an impressive command of the specialist scholarship--in art history, literature, and history.--Pamela Jones, University of Massachusetts, Boston. 416 pp. 5,000 print.
- Contents:
- The Neapolitan meteor
- Impresario supreme
- Bernini's agony and ecstasy
- Bernini and Alexander
- A Roman artist in King Louis's court
- "My star will lose its ascendancy".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226538525
- 0226538524
- OCLC:
- 711050929
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