ISBN: 9780226538525

As Franco Mormando's dazzling biography reveals, Bernini was a man driven by many passions, possessed of an explosive temper and a hearty sex drive, and he lived a life as dramatic as any… Mehr…

As Franco Mormando's dazzling biography reveals, Bernini was a man driven by many passions, possessed of an explosive temper and a hearty sex drive, and he lived a life as dramatic as any of his creations. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Bernini by Franco Mormando Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy. This biography leads us through Bernini's feuds and love affairs, scandals and sins. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And his artistic vision remains palpably present today, through the countless statues, fountains, and buildings that transformed Rome into the Baroque theater that continues to enthrall tourists today.It is perhaps not surprising that this artist who defined the Baroque should have a personal life that itself was, well, baroque. As Franco Mormando's dazzling biography reveals, Bernini was a man driven by many passions, possessed of an explosive temper and a hearty sex drive, and he lived a life as dramatic as any of his creations. Drawing on archival sources, letters, diaries, and—with a suitable skepticism—a hagiographic account written by Bernini's son (who portrays his father as a paragon of virtue and piety), Mormando leads us through Bernini's many feuds and love affairs, scandals and sins. He sets Bernini's raucous life against a vivid backdrop of Baroque Rome, bustling and wealthy, and peopled by churchmen and bureaucrats, popes and politicians, schemes and secrets.The result is a seductively readable biography, stuffed with stories and teeming with life—as wild and unforgettable as Bernini's art. No one who has been bewitched by the Baroque should miss it. Author Biography Franco Mormando is associate professor of Italian at Boston College and the author of several books. Table of Contents Preface: The First English-Language Biography of Bernini Acknowledgments Website Information Money, Wages, and Cost of Living in Baroque Rome Abbreviations 1. The Neapolitan Meteor A Twelve-Year-Old Pregnant Bride We Pause to Talk about Our Sources Childhood in a "Paradise Inhabited by Demons" Moving on Up: To Rome, 1606 Falling in Love with the Boy Bernini "I Beg You to Dissimulate" Bernini Comes of Age "Why Shouldn't Cardinal Scipione's Penis Get What It Wants?" The Tender and the True Bernini Rejoices 2. Impresario Supreme "Pretty-Beard Urban" "The Michelangelo of His Age" Fire Is Never a Gentle Master "What the Barbarians Didn't Do, the Barberini Did" "The Cupola Is Falling!" Head of the Clan An Encounter with Death Bernini Slashes a Lover's Face Bernini Purchases a Bride "Making What Is Fake Appear Real" "To Our England Your Glorious Name" For Whom the Bell Tolls, or Not 3. Bernini's Agony and Ecstasy A Universal Father So Coarse and So Deformed Bernini Sinks and Teresa Floats "Not Only Prostrate, But Prostituted as Well" "Unless Moved by Something Extraordinary That They See" La Pimpaccia to the Rescue A Heroic Bust for a Mousy Princeling The Papal Corpse Left to Rot 4. Bernini and Alexander The Dream Team: Pope and Architect "She's a Hermaphrodite, They Say" Bubonic Plague, Yet Again A Jewel for the Jesuits Final Act of the Bernini-Borromini Rivalry 5. A Roman Artist in King Louis's Court Bernini Becomes a Political Pawn Over the Alps in a Sedan Chair "Speak to Me of Nothing Small!" Bernini Weeps "A Plague Take That Bastard!" The Long, Troubled Aftermath 6. "My Star Will Lose Its Ascendancy" A Brief Sigh of Relief The Stoning of Casa Bernini Sodomy behind the Statue(s) "That Dragon Vomiting Poison in Every Direction" Queen Christina Lends Her Name to a Hoax An Occasional Round of Applause "Cover Those Breasts!" "The Cupola Is Falling (Again)!" Not with a Bang, But a Whimper Notes Works Cited Index Review "Franco Mormando's fascinating book is a welcome addition to the Bernini literature. It is both a biography of the artist and a portrait of Roman Baroque culture. Though written for a general audience, it reveals an impressive command of the specialist scholarship-in art history, literature, and history. Mormando wears his learning lightly, writing with animation, carefully pacing his anecdotes, and making the whole as entertaining as it is informative." -Pamela Jones, University of Massachusetts, Boston" Review Quote "There are a few artists to whom the label ''faultless'' applies, and the top of that list is Bernini, architect, showman and sculptor. Franco Mormando''s book shows him in full as a man for the first time, and he is as pleasing, as sweet, as interestingly ambiguous as his amazing oeuvre. This is a wonderful book to have at last."--John Crowley, author of Aegypt and Little, Big Details ISBN0226538524 Author Franco Mormando Short Title BERNINI Language English ISBN-10 0226538524 ISBN-13 9780226538525 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2011 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle His Life and His Rome Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 709.2 Illustrations Illustrations UK Release Date 2011-11-15 Publication Date 2011-11-15 AU Release Date 2011-11-15 NZ Release Date 2011-11-15 US Release Date 2011-11-15 Series Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith Pages 456 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Audience Professional & Vocational We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! 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