Bernini and the art of architecture
1998, 1st edition. New York : Abbeville Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of John F. Ashby. Item #390472
ISBN: 0789201151
Physical description: 343 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-334) and index. Contents: Introduction: Bernini in Context -- I. The Baldacchino -- II. Santa Bibiana -- III. Other Commissions of the Barberini Era -- IV. Fountains -- V. Early Chapels and Related Works -- VI. Piazza San Pietro and the Rome of Alexander VII -- VII. The Scala Regia -- VIII. Sant'Andrea al Quirinale -- IX. San Tommaso di Villanova at Castel Gandolfo -- X. The Pantheon -- XI. Ariccia -- XII. Bernini in France -- XIII. The Later Chapels -- XIV. The Twilight Years from Alexander VII to Clement X. Subjects: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1598-1680 Criticism and interpretation; Architecture, Baroque Italy; Art, Baroque Italy; Sculpture, Baroque Italy; Architecture 17th century Italy; Art; Arquitectura italiana Siglo XVII; Architects Italy 17th century; Sculptors Italy 17th century.
Price: €125.00