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Bernini
"The brilliantly expressive clay models created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) as "sketches" for his works in marble offer extraordinary insights into his creative imagination. Although long admired, the terracotta models have never been the subject of such detailed examination. This publication presents a wealth of new discoveries (including evidence of the artist's fingerprints imprinted on the clay), resolving lingering issues of attribution while giving readers a vivid sense of how the artist and his assistants fulfilled a steady stream of monumental commissions. Essays describe Bernini's education as a modeler; his approach to preparatory drawings; his use of assistants; and the response to his models by 17th-century collectors. Extensive research by conservators and art historians explores the different types of models created in Bernini's workshop. Richly illustrated, Bernini transforms our understanding of the sculptor and his distinctive and fascinating working methods."--Publisher's website.
La Medusa di Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Questo volume presenta gli esiti degli studi e delle ricerche intrapresi in occasione del restauro del Busto di Medusa di Gian Lorenzo Bernini. In un brillante saggio introduttivo di Maddalena Cima l'immagine di Medusa e la sua interpretazione nelle arti figurative, tra età arcaica e tardo antico, sono analizzati attraverso la trama del mito e delle fonti poetiche classiche, premessa indispensabile per comprendere l'assoluta novità dell'interpretazione berniniana della favola antica. La vicenda critica relativa all'attribuzione del Busto di Medusa a Gian Lorenzo Bernini è magistralmente ripercorsa da Irving Lavin in un saggio di grande fascino, mentre Elena Bianca Di Gioia ricostruisce le vicende storiche legate all'arrivo della scultura in Campidoglio nel 1731. La seconda parte del volume è interamente dedicata al restauro della scultura. Le indagini esperite e i dati raccolti sono presentati con l'intento di contribuire ad una più ampia comprensione e conoscenza delle opere e delle tecniche di lavorazione delle sculture di Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
he revival of the bronze statuette popular in classical antiquity stands out as an enduring achievement of the Italian Renaissance. These small sculptures attest to early modern artists' technical prowess, ingenuity, and desire to emulate—or even surpass—the ancients. From the studioli, or private studies, of humanist scholars in fifteenth-century Padua to the Fifth Avenue apartments of Gilded Age collectors, viewers have delighted in the mysteries of these objects: how they were made, what they depicted, who made them, and when. This catalogue is the first systematic study of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection of Italian bronzes. The colle...
Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome
Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on works by leading artists including Guido Reni and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Karen J. Lloyd demonstrates that cardinal nephews in seventeenth-century Rome – those nephews who were raised to the cardinalate as princes of the Church – used the arts to cultivate more than splendid social status. Through politically savvy frescos and emotionally evocative displays of paintings, sculptures, and curiosities, cardinal nephews aimed to define nepotism as good Catholic rule. Their commissions took advantage of their unique position close to the pope, embedding the defense of their role into the physical fabric of authority, from the storied vaults of the Vatican Palace to the sensuous garden villas that fused business and pleasure in the Eternal City. This book uncovers how cardinal nephews crafted a seductively potent dialogue on the nature of power, fuelling the development of innovative visual forms that championed themselves as the indispensable heart of papal politics. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, early modern studies, religious history, and political history.
The Nomadic Object
A team of renowned scholars examines how sacred art and artefacts responded to the demands of a world stage in the age of reform, demonstrating the significance of religious systems for a global art history.
François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal
This book is the first in English devoted to Francois Duquesnoy, a central figure in seventeenth-century European sculpture, a rival to Bernini, and a leading light in an artistic milieu that included Poussin and Rubens. Estelle Lingo reconstructs Duquesnoy's pursuit in Rome of a modern artistic practice "in the Greek manner." Reconstruction of Duquesnoy's Greek ideal enables Lingo to offer new interpretations of his exquisite marble and bronze sculptures. Moreover, she demonstrates that the archeological and poetic vision of Greek art developed by Duquesnoy and his circle formed the basis of Johann Joachim Winclemann's influential Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture - thus overturning the long-held assumption that no meaningful distinction was made between ancient Greek and Roman art prior to Winckelmann's work in the eighteenth century. Examining in detail how Duquesnoy developed and employed his "Greek manner," Lingo brings to light the extent of his contributions to European culture and aesthetics, and to the rise of Neoclassicism.
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture
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.
Scultura barocca italiana in Portogallo
Come già nel 1504 scriveva Pomponio Gaurico nel suo trattato, creando opere di scultura l'uomo non avrebbe potuto concepire niente di più potente per superare la sua condizione di mortale, né di più propizio all'invidia degli dei. Difatti, le opere di scultura sopravvivono nel tempo, al di là degli artisti che le hanno realizzate, al di là delle personalità che rappresentano. La resistenza della scultura marmorea alle tante forme di erosione che il tempo porta con sé è difatti notevole; sono però numerose le sculture che non sono sopravvissute e delle qualle abbiamo soltanto notizie. Così, quando ci dedichiamo al tema della scultura barocca italiana in Portogallo, dobbiamo parlare...
Martin Parr
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The Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
"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.
