Bernini : genius of the Baroque
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Bernini : genius of the Baroque
Thames and Hudson, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-285) and index
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Description
A consideration of the career of Gianlorenzo Bernini from his brilliant beginnings to his last mature works, including his architecture and focusing on his technique in drawing, modelling and carving. Each chapter is accompanied by displayed plates which expose details barely visible in the original works.
Table of Contents
- Part I The young Gianlorenzo: Pietro Bernini and sculpture in Rome around 1600
- Gianlorenzo and his father - the early work
- the first portraits. Part II The mature sculptor: the great mythological groups
- the patronage of Pope Urban VIII
- the mature portraits
- Bernini and the Basilica of St. Peter's
- Bernini and the Dance of Death
- the later religious sculpture
- "Amico delle Acque" - Bernini's fountains
- France and England - the Sun King and Charles I
- architecture in sculptural light. Part III Bernini's technique: the terracotta bozzetti
- drawing - sketches, designs and portraits
- carving and casting - his associates and followers. Part IV Reputation and influence: Bernini's contemporaries and his influence on European sculpture.
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