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Bernini
Franco Mormando
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Description for Bernini
Paperback. Bernini was a man driven by many passions, possessed of an explosive temper and a hearty sex drive, and he lived a life as dramatic as any of his creations. This title sets Bernini's raucous life against a vivid backdrop of baroque Rome, bustling and wealthy, and peopled by churchmen and bureaucrats, popes and politicians, schemes and secrets. Num Pages: 456 pages, 4 maps, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 642.
Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And his artistic vision remains palpably present today, through the countless statues, fountains, and buildings that transformed Rome into the baroque theater that continues to enthrall tourists today. It is perhaps not surprising that this artist who defined the baroque should have a personal life that itself was, well, baroque. As Franco Mormando's dazzling biography reveals, Bernini was a man driven ... Read more
Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And his artistic vision remains palpably present today, through the countless statues, fountains, and buildings that transformed Rome into the baroque theater that continues to enthrall tourists today. It is perhaps not surprising that this artist who defined the baroque should have a personal life that itself was, well, baroque. As Franco Mormando's dazzling biography reveals, Bernini was a man driven ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
642g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226055237
SKU
V9780226055237
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About Franco Mormando
Franco Mormando is associate professor of Italian at Boston College and the author of several books.
Reviews for Bernini
By adopting the manner of a lecturer - teasingly mentioning things to come, employing the first-person plural as a teacher, roping students into his intellectual questing, throwing in some slang now and then, and without neglecting scholarship (this is a history of papal Rome as much as a biography) - Franco Mormando gives us a succulent reading experience. Quanto e ... Read more