Giuliana dea rated it really liked it mar 01, want to read saving. In his religious sculptures he excelled at capturing movement and extreme emotion, uniting figures with their setting to create a single conception of overwhelming intensity that expressed the fervour of counterreformation rome. Wittkoweruv otec henry wittkower byl brit, ktery zil v nemecku. Wittkower, architectural principles in the age of humanism. The sculptor of the roman baroque f a general 4th edition by rudolf wittkower isbn. The sculptor of the roman baroque, london, 1955, in the art bulletin, xxxviii, 1956, 25560. Id recommend this book for those who, as me, love bernini s sculptures and want a good reference book. Gian lorenzo bernini 15981680 was the most influential sculptor of his age. Bernini the sculptor of the roman baroque by wittkower rudolf.
For bernini, working more than years later, that would have been impossible. In hiseligious sculptures he excelled at capturing movement and extreme emotion,niting figures with their setting to create a single conception ofverwhelming intensity that expressed the fervour of counterreformation rome. Gian lorenzo bernini 1598 1680 was the most influential sculptor of his age inventive and skilled, he virtually created the baroque style in his religious sculptures he excelled at capturing movement and extreme emotion, uniting figures with their setting to create a single conception of overwhelming intensity that expressed the fervour of counter reformation rome intgian lorenzo bernini 1598. Gian lorenzo bernini, the sculptor of the roman baroque by wittkower, rudolf and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It looks at the masters of archaic greece, the middle ages, through the great names of michelangelo, cellini and bernini. Rudolf wittkower bernini pdf download despyesticex. Bernini s figures of rclious subjects are considend in the following chapter the best book on bernini s sculpture is rudolf wittkower, gian lorenzo bernini, the sculptor of the roman baroque 1955.
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