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Bernini, the Pope and death : Skulpturensammlung Dresden / editors, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Stephan Koja, Claudia Kryza-Gersch ; translation, Robert Scott McInnes.
LIBRA NB623.B5 A4 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680. Death's head--Exhibitions.
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo.
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680--Criticism and interpretation--Exhibitions.
- Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667--Family--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Alexander.
- Sculpture, Italian--Germany--Dresden--Exhibitions.
- Sculpture, Italian.
- Death in art--Exhibitions.
- Death in art.
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden--Exhibitions.
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
- Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667.
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680.
- Germany--Dresden.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), genealogical table, portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dresden : Sandstein Verlag, [2021]
- Summary:
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pope Alexander VII (born Fabio Chigi) changed the face of baroque Rome forever. From the early years of their amicable relationship comes an intimate work of art, long considered lost but now rediscovered in the Skulpturensammlung in Dresden: a shockingly realistic human skull of white marble, made by Bernini for Alexander VII in 1655. This book explores this major discovery, placing it within its broader historical context and providing new insights into the Chigi family's art collection, the acquisition of part of this collection by Augustus the Strong, the influence of Bernini on the Dresden-based sculptor Balthasar Permoser, and much more. The chapter on the plague in Rome - which Alexander VII tried to combat through such tools as compulsory quarantines, masks and the closing down of much of public life - relates that historic epidemic to our battle today against Covid-19. These historical parallels help us to understand better the ever-pressing sense of mortality during the lifetime of sculptor and Pope, which led to the creation of Bernini's remarkable Death's Head.
- Contents:
- In the face of death / Stephan Koja
- "Una celebre testa di Morto, opera del Cav.r Bernini" : Bernini's Death's head for Pope Alexander VII, rediscovered in Dresden / Claudia Kryza-Gersch
- Heavenly and Earthly forces in the battle against the pandemic : Pope Alexander VII and the plague in Rome 1656-1657 / Eva-Bettina Krems
- Meaningful frames : two paintings by Scarsellino from the collection of Pope Alexander VII in Dresden / Christoph Orth
- Family obligations : the Cardinal-nephew Flavio Chigi in the service of Pope Alexander VII / Saskia Wetzig
- Bernini and Francesco Mochi : only room for one in Rome / Claudia Kryza-Gersch
- Great deeds in a small circle : Bernini's Rome reflected in Alexandrine Papal Medals / Claudia Kryza-Gersch
- Bernini and Permoser : a new look at the Crying child in the Dresden Skulpturensammlung / Claudia Kryza-Gersch
- Chigi family tree.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- Catalog of an exhibition held at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany, May 28, 2021-September 5, 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Semperbau am Zwinger, May 29 - September 5, 2021.
- ISBN:
- 3954986167
- 9783954986163
- OCLC:
- 1288193854
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