The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome

Morrissey, Jake

ISBN 10: 0060525347 / ISBN 13: 9780060525347

Published by Harper Perennial, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060525347
• ISBN 13: 9780060525347
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other and, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.

About the Author

Jake Morrissey has studied and written about architecture for twenty years. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and dozens of other publications and books. He is the author of the novel A Weekend at Blenheim and lives near New York City.