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Bernini: Genius of the Baroque

Bernini: Genius of the Baroque


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'Quite brilliant' - The Times Higher Educational Supplement

Gianlorenzo Bernini is beyond question one of the greatest artists of all time. World-famous above all for his uniquely powerful works of sculpture, he was also a virtuoso architect and draughtsman, a competent painter, a pioneering caricaturist, and a designer of medals, gorgeous fountains and exuberant, lavish ornaments of every sort. He even wrote plays. In fact, he was the latter day epitome of the Renaissance ideal of the uomo universale.

Bernini virtually created Baroque Rome - without his immense and varied contributions, the Eternal City as we know it today would not exist. We would not see the sculpted ecstasy of St Teresa, the embracing arms of the colonnade around the Piazza San Pietro, or the vigorous dramas of the figures on his Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona. Our image of the seventeenth century's most powerful men would be impoverished were it not for Bernini's portraits in marble and bronze.

Lavishly illustrated, this book is a glorious testament to the great genius of the Baroque. Using much previously unpublished research, Charles Avery traces Bernini's career from his beginnings to his last mature works, and pays special attention to his techniques in drawing, modelling and carving.

Full-page plates offer an unprecedented visual record of both sculptures and drawings, exposing details scarcely visible in the originals, while a highly readable text reveals the full stature and versatility of Bernini and sheds much new light on one of the great styles of Western art: the Baroque.



Table of Contents:
Preface; Prologue: 'Padre scultore' - Pietro Bernini and his studio; 1. Father and Son: Pietro and Gianlorenzo in partnership; 2. Coming of Age: the first portraits; 3. The Great Mythological Groups: Aeneas, Proserpina and Daphne; 4. The Patronage of Urban VIII Barberini; 5. Popes and Prelates: the mature portraits; 6. Architect to St Peter's: the Baldacchino and Cathedra Petri; 7. The Papal Tombs: Bernini and the Dance of Death; 8. Mystic Vision: the later religious sculpture; 9. 'Friend of the waters': Bernini's Roman fountains; 10. Bernini's Buildings: the sculptor as architect; 11. England and France: Bernini, servant of Kings; 12. Genius of the Baroque: talents and techniques.

About the Author :
Charles Avery is a specialist in European sculpture. He was Deputy Keeper of Sculpture at the V&A for twelve years, and a Director of Christie's for ten.

Review :
'Sumptuously produced … full of insights' - The Literary Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780500286333
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Height: 305 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Sub Title: Genius of the Baroque
  • ISBN-10: 0500286337
  • Publisher Date: 23 Oct 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 250 mm


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