Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture more books like this

by Andrea Bachi, Julian Brooks, Dr. David Franklin

Gianlorenzo Bernini was the greatest sculptor of the Baroque period, and yet - surprisingly - there have been only a handful of shows related to his work in modern times.Bernini's portrait busts were masterpieces of technical virtuosity; at the same time, they revealed a new interest in psychological depth. His ability to capture the essential ...

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Italian Baroque Sculpture more books like this

by Bruce Boucher (Preface by)

This book highlights the sculpture associated with the Baroque style of art and architecture, which flourished in Europe from around 1550 to 1700. These works are characterized by elaborate ornamentation and intense emotion on a large scale. Boucher includes examples of works by Stefano Maderno, Francesco Mochi, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini for their ...

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Roman Baroque Sculpture: Industry O more books like this

by Jennifer Montague

This book is based on the lectures I gave as Slade Professor of the History of Art in Cambridge, in the autumn of 1980. At that time I had completed the draft of the text of my book on Alessandro Algardi, and had, in writing it, become very much aware of how little was known about what I came to call 'the industry of art'. - From preface by the ...

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From the Sculptor's Hand: Italian Baroque Terracottas from the State Hermitage Museum more books like this

by Sergei Androsov, Gosudarstvenny I, Nina Kosareva

In the mid-18th century, Abbott Filippo Farsetti began acquiring Italian terracotta sculptures from various sources in Rome for his palace in Venice. Many of the terracottas, attributed to some of the finest sculptors in 17th-century Rome, served as models and studies for larger works in stone or bronze. These objects quickly became popular with ...

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Introduction to Italian Sculpture - Volume 3 more books like this

by Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

For the fourth edition of this introduction to Italian sculpture, the author has thoroughly revised the text, notes and bibliographies, incorporating all the significant new research and publications since the last major revision in 1970-2. Volume III, ranging from 1500 to the late-17th century, begins and ends with two outstanding personalities: ...

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Masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture from the Palazzo Venezia, Rome: Georgia Museum of Art, October 5-November 24, 1996 more books like this

by Georgia Museum of Art, Shelley Zuraw, Letizia Casanova

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman baroque. more books like this

by Rudolf Wittkower

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The sculpture of Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy : art and patronage in the early reign of Louis XIV, with a catalogue raisonné more books like this

by Thomas F. Hedin

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Gold, Silver, and Bronze: Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque more books like this

by Jennifer Montague

Roman baroque sculpture is usually thought of in terms of large-scale statues in marble and bronze, tombs, or portrait busts. Smaller bronze statuettes are overlooked, and the extensive production of sculptural silver--much of which is now lost but can be studied from drawings--is omitted from the

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It Hi Rens & Barq Scul more books like this

by Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

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Great baroque and rococo sculpture more books like this

by Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco

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The Craftsman Revealed: Adriaen de Vries, Scupltor in Bronze more books like this

by Jane Bassett, Peggy Fogelman (Contributions by), David A Scott (Contributions by)

Dutch sculptor Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) spent much of his life working for the most discerning royal courts of the age, including that of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague.A master of composition and technique, De Vries was relatively unknown until the J. Paul Getty Museum's groundbreaking exhibition in 1999, which firmly established his ...

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Italian Renais Sculptr more books like this

by Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

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The Sculpted Saints of a Borderland Mission: Los Bultos de San Xavier del Bac: With Notes on the Statues of Tumacacori more books like this

by Richard E Ahlborn

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini more books like this

by Rudolf Wittkower

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The History and Decoration of the Ponte S. Angelo more books like this

by Mark S Weil

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The Sculpted Object, 1400-1700 more books like this

by Stuart Currie

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Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture more books like this

by Andrea Bacchi (Editor), Catherine Hess (Editor), Dr. Jennifer Montagu (Editor)

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--on view from August 5 through October 26, 2008, at the J. Paul Getty Museum and from November 28, 2008, through March 8, ...

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Bernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace: Architecture, Sculpture, and Ritual more books like this

by Tod A Marder

The author focuses on one specific project of Italian architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the "Scala Regia" at the Vatican Palace in Rome, Italy. This is the awe-inspiring ceremonial staircase that is visible upon entering the front doors of St. Peter's Cathedral from the piazza.

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Adrian de Vries in Schaumburg: Die Werke Fur Furst Ernst Zu Holstein-Schaumburg, 1613-1621 more books like this

by Lars Olof Larsson

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El Barocco more books like this

by Konemann

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Powers Matchless: The Pontificate of Urban VIII, the Baldachin, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini more books like this

by William Chandler Kirwin, Philipp P and W Chandler Fehl

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Escultura barroca en España, 1600-1770 more books like this

by Juan José Martín González

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Geroglifici E Figure Di Pittoresco Aspetto: Francesco Pianta Alla Scuola Grande Di San Rocco more books like this

by Paola Rossi

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Italian High Renaissance & Baroque Sculpture more books like this

by John Pope-Hennessy

For the fourth edition of this introduction to Italian sculpture, the author has thoroughly revised the text, notes and bibliographies, incorporating all the significant new research and publications since the last major revision in 1970-2. Volume III, ranging from 1500 to the late-17th century, begins and ends with two outstanding personalities: ...

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