A Transitory Star

The Late Bernini and his Reception

Claudia Lehmann editor Karen J Lloyd editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:30th Jul '15

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Examining Bernini's works from 1665 on, from Paris and Rome, this book demonstrates the wealth of material still to be drawn from close visual and material examination, archival research, and comparative textual analysis. On the whole, this collection deals with Bernini's position as the leading creator of portraits - in oils, marble, monumental architecture, and metaphor - of some of the most powerful political players of his day. These studies speak to the growing distance of Gallic absolutism from the fading dreams of papal hegemony over Europe, and to the complexities of Bernini's role as mouthpiece, obstacle, and flatterer of the Princes of the Papal States.

ISBN: 9783110359992

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 687g

214 pages