Bernini and the Excesses of Art - Hardcover
Gianlorenzo Bernini was the greatest artist of the seventeenth century. Sculptor, painter, architect, he created the Baroque--defining a style, and a culture, in a decisive era in European history. In this brilliantly conceived book, Robert Petersson offers an intimate encounter with Bernini's major works--from sensous marble statues that burst with life to such monumental works as the piazza of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Petersson looks closely, carefully, and freshly at the making of each masterpiece captures Bernini's world--emotional, exuberant, alive, and engaging.
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Robert T. Peterson has taught literature, art, and music at The University of Chicago, Yale University, and most recently, Smith College. He is the author of The Art of Ecstacy: Teresa, Bernini and Cranshaw, and lives in Northhampton, Massachusetts.
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Robert T. Peterson has taught literature, art, and music at The University of Chicago, Yale University, and most recently, Smith College. He is the author of The Art of Ecstacy: Teresa, Bernini and Cranshaw, and lives in Northhampton, Massachusetts.
...each page has something interesting to think about. The illustrations are a feast in themselves. (―James S. Ackerman Harvard University)
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- PublisherFordham University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 8887700834
- ISBN 13 9788887700831
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages150
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Book Description Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. prima edizione. Gianlorenzo Bernini was the greatest artist of the seventeenth century. Sculptor, painter, architect, he created the Baroque--defining a style, and a culture, in a decisive era in European history. In this brilliantly conceived book, Robert Petersson offers an intimate encounter with Bernini's major works--from sensous marble statues that burst with life to such monumental works as the piazza of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Petersson looks closely, carefully, and freshly at the making of each masterpiece captures Bernini's world--emotional, exuberant, alive, and engaging. The vitality of pettersson's book is drawn directly from the sculpture of Bernini, an artist now regarded as the true successori of Michelangelo. It differs from others by bringing the Reader inside the sculptural process, from Genesis to completed from. Frequently Bernini had to solve uniquely interesting problems and his innovative talents Never faltered. Volume nuovo, privo di sovraccoperta, timbro dell'editore all'anteporta, Brand New without dustjacket. (T-CA) Autore/i Robert Torsten Petersson Editore Maschietto Editore Luogo Firenze Anno 2003 Pagine 152 Dimensioni 18x25 (cm) Illustrazioni ill. a colori e b/n n.t. - colors and b/w ills Legatura tela ed. fregi - hardcover Conservazione Nuovo - New Lingua Italiano - Italian text Peso 900 (gr) ISBN 8887700834 EAN-13 978888770083. Seller Inventory # LdS16962
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