{"product_id":"bernini-and-his-world-sculpture-and-sculptors-in-early-modern-rome-hardcover","title":"Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLivio Pestilli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernini and His World\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique exploration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini the sculptor, offering new insights and including discussions of the artist's stylistic innovations and the ways in which he approached sculpture. Placing his life and work within a social, anthropological and historical context, Livio Pestilli gives a fascinating and in-depth account, from the Rome in which Bernini lived and its reception of foreign sculptors to the myth-making narrative of his biographers, and the judgements of his critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated and engagingly written, this book draws on a deep familiarity with both historic and modern Italian culture to give readers a vivid account of sculpture and sculptors in early modern Rome, and of Bernini's lasting legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Livio Pestilli \u003c\/b\u003eis the former Director of Trinity College, Rome, where he currently teaches seminars on Michelangelo and Bernini. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003e\"Napoli è tutto il Mondo\" Neapolitan Art and Culture from Humanism to the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003ePaolo de Matteis: Neapolitan Painting and Cultural History in Baroque Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (Ashgate, 2013) and \u003ci\u003ePicturing the Lame in Italian Art from Antiquity to the Modern Era\u003c\/i\u003e (Ashgate\/Routledge, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 10.08 x 7.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333220241645,"sku":"9781848225497","price":107.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/gaDvpYL68z9781848225497.webp?v=1784980780","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/bernini-and-his-world-sculpture-and-sculptors-in-early-modern-rome-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}