Bernini : his life and his Rome / Franco Mormando.

Main entry:

Mormando, Franco.

Title & Author:

Bernini : his life and his Rome / Franco Mormando.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Description:

xix, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: The first English-language biography of Berini -- Money, wages, and cost of living in Baroque Rome -- The Neapolitan meteor -- Impresario supreme -- Bernini's agony and ecstasy -- Bernini and Alexander -- A Roman artist in King Louis's court -- "My star will lose its ascendancy."

Summary:

Presents a sympathetic, intimate biography of sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), following his highly productive public and private life, including its feuds, love affairs and scandals, set against a vivid backdrop of 17th century Rome, bustling and wealthy.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780226538525 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226538524 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226538518
0226538516

Subject:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680.
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo, 1598-1680.
Sculptors Italy Biography.
Sculpteurs Italie Biographies.
Biography.
Sculptors
Skulptörer.
Italy
Rome (Italy) History 17th century.
Italien Rom.

Form/genre:

Biography.
Biographies.
collective biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278210
Call No.: BIB 213720
Status: Available

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