Bernini

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His Life and His Rome

Franco Mormando

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Chicago University Press
02 April 2013

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: historical, political & military

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.

By: Franco Mormando
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 17mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780226055237
ISBN 10: 022605523X
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 02 April 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Franco Mormando is associate professor of Italian at Boston College and the author of several books.

Reviews for Bernini: His Life and His Rome

"""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)"""