Bernini And The Birth Of Baroque Portrait Sculpture

Author : Andrea Bacchi
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892369329
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture written by Andrea Bacchi and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the greatest sculptor of the Baroque period, and yet—surprisingly—there has never before been a major exhibition of his sculpture in North America. Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture showcases portrait sculptures from all phases of the artist’s long career, from the very early Antonio Coppola of 1612 to Clement X of about 1676, one of his last completed works. Bernini’s portrait busts were masterpieces of technical virtuosity; at the same time, they revealed a new interest in psychological depth. Bernini’s ability to capture the essential character of his subjects was unmatched and had a profound influence on other leading sculptors of his day, such as Alessandro Algardi, Giuliano Finelli, and Francesco Mochi. Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture is a groundbreaking study that features drawings and paintings by Bernini and his contemporaries. Together they demonstrate not only the range, skill, and acuity of these masters of Baroque portraiture but also the interrelationship of the arts in seventeenth-century Rome.

Author : Andrea Bacchi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture written by Andrea Bacchi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernini's portrait busts were masterpieces of technical virtuosity while, at the same time, they revealed a new interest in psychological depth. This illustrated study features drawings and paintings by Bernini and his contemporaries that demonstrates their unrivalled range, skill, and acuity.

Author : Domenico Bernini
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271037490
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini written by Domenico Bernini and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A critical translation of the unabridged Italian text of Domenico Bernini's biography of his father, seventeenth-century sculptor, architect, painter, and playwright Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Includes commentary on the author's data and interpretations, contrasting them with other contemporary primary sources and recent scholarship"--Provided by publisher.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bernini written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Franco Mormando
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022605523X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bernini written by Franco Mormando and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the whirlwind life of the famed Italian sculptor who is known for his artistic and architectural contributions to the city of Rome.

Author : Sarah McPhee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300175271
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bernini's Beloved written by Sarah McPhee and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With lips slightly parted and eyes fixed on a point in the distance, a breathtaking marble portrait of Costanza Piccolomini appears alive. Carved by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1636-37 for his own pleasure, the portrait of Costanza is one of his most captivating works, but until now little has been known about its subject. For centuries Costanza was identified only as Bernini's mistress, who later incited his rage by betraying him for his brother. Author Sarah McPhee corrects and expands this story in her remarkable biography of a sculpture and its subject. Bernini's Beloved sets the bust and Costanza's own life--her childhood and noble name, her marriage, affair, fall from grace, and recovery--against the backdrop of Baroque Rome. Beautifully illustrated and written, this fascinating story expands our understanding of the woman whose intelligence and passion served as inspiration for Bernini's celebrated sculpture, and who courageously forged a life for herself in the decades following its creation.

Author : Robert Torsten Petersson
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9788887700831
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bernini and the Excesses of Art written by Robert Torsten Petersson and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The vitality of Petersson's book is drawn directly from the sculpture of Bernini, an artist now regarded as the true successor of Michelangelo. It differs from others by bringing the reader inside the sculptural process, from genesis to completed form. Frequently Bernini had to solve uniquely interesting problems and his innovative talents never faltered." "As well as presenting the brilliant, flamboyant Bernini, the book simultaneously displays Rome in the throes of its Counter-Reformation renewal, the second birth of the city with the full panoply of its arts, culture, and aberrant activities during Bernini's years in the service of eight popes. In later life he expanded his fame by spending an eventful half year in Paris at the invitation of Louis XIV. The proud and touchy Bernini, then the most celebrated artist in Europe, was in a pitched battle with the arrogant and aggressive French. Yet in Paris as in Rome it is the artistic works that have lasted and are widely known as having redirected the course of European sculpture."--BOOK JACKET. Book jacket.

Author : Estelle Cecile Lingo
Publisher : Harvey Miller
ISBN 13 : 9781909400801
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mochi's Edge and Bernini's Baroque written by Estelle Cecile Lingo and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series number from publisher's website (viewed January 15, 2020).

Author : Rudolf Wittkower
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gian Lorenzo Bernini written by Rudolf Wittkower and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Boucher
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500203071
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Baroque Sculpture written by Bruce Boucher and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian baroque sculpture often has been criticized for portraying a sham world, distracting the spectator from its spiritual poverty by dazzling technical displays. Bruce Boucher offers a fresh view of this rich and varied subject, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the births of 17th-century artists Bernini and Algardi. 200 illustrations. 35 in color.