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  • Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque

    Bernini by Wittkower, Rudolf;

    The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 4th edition
    • Publisher Phaidon Press
    • Date of Publication 26 September 1997

    • ISBN 9780714837154
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages320 pages
    • Size 280x250x30 mm
    • Weight 1857 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    A catalogue raisonné of the greatest sculptor of his age.

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    Long description:

    Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the greatest and most influential sculptor of his age. Endlessly inventive and gifted with extraordinary skill, he virtually created the Baroque style. In his religious sculptures he excelled at capturing movement and extreme emotion, uniting figures with their setting to create a single conception of overwhelming intensity that perfectly expressed the fervour of Counter-Reformation Rome. Intensity and drama also characterize his remarkable portraits and his world-famous Roman fountains.

    Rudolf Wittkower's classic monograph and catalogue raisonné has been the standard established work on Bernini since 1955. It is now available in an updated and expanded edition. The concise but masterly survey provides an authoritative introduction to Bernini's work, while the full catalogue gives detailed, scholarly and up-to-date information on his complete oeuvre.



    'First published in 1955, this volume has never been topped for its clarity of discourse or the stunning beauty of its reproductions. It is the black and white photographs of Bernini's breathtaking sculpture that best capture the timeless wonder of their precision and vitality.' (Booklist)

    'Wittkower's Bernini rightly enjoys almost canonical status among studies of the artist and his age, as an elegant survey which provides deep insight and rests lightly on profound scholarship.' (Burlington Magazine)

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