ISBN: 9780226055237

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… More...

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 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. This title 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. FORMATPaperback 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 "By adopting the manner of a lecturer - teasingly mentioning things to come, employing the first-person plural as a teacher, roping students into his intellectual questing, throwing in some slang now and then, and without neglecting scholarship (this is a history of papal Rome as much as a biography) - Franco Mormando gives us a succulent reading experience. Quanto e doice." (Booklist)" 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." Details ISBN022605523X Author Franco Mormando Short Title BERNINI Language English ISBN-10 022605523X ISBN-13 9780226055237 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle His Life and His Rome Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Illustrations 4 maps, 39 halftones Pages 456 DEWEY 709.2 UK Release Date 2013-04-02 Publication Date 2013-04-02 AU Release Date 2013-04-02 NZ Release Date 2013-04-02 US Release Date 2013-04-02 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! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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2013, ISBN: 9780226055237

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 co… More...

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. Books Franco Mormando|Paperback|The University of Chicago Press|02/04/2013, The University of Chicago Press<

2013, ISBN: 9780226055237

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