{"product_id":"berninis-biographies-9780271029023","title":"Berninis Biographies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Although there is more biographical writing on the incomparable Gian Lorenzo Bernini than on any other early modern artist, including Michelangelo), the investigation of these writings remains surprisingly incomplete. This fascinating and highly original book is therefore a welcome addition to the literature, for it both consolidates our present understanding of these biographies, which can be traced to Bernini himself, and raises important questions about these writings for future consideration. \u003ci\u003eBernini’s Biographies\u003c\/i\u003e will therefore be of great interest to scholars of art history, literature, and the social history of art alike.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Paul Barolsky,University of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In addition to bringing together various methodologies to bear upon the study of Bernini’s \u003ci\u003evite\u003c\/i\u003e, this work also seeks to unravel the Gordian knot of the authorship of the biographies. . . . Taken as a whole, this collection of essays provides a series of departure points for future studies in the history of Bernini’s biographies, the life of Bernini himself, and artistic biography in general. . . . Despite the seeming contradiction between engaging closely with the history and genesis of Bernini’s biographies while simultaneously interrogating them from various literary, historical, and philological viewpoints, these essays are an immensely useful addition to the field.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Kristin A. Triff \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An outstanding contribution to a subject of signal importance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Brian Tovey \u003ci\u003eArt Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an important book that is essential reading for anyone engaged in the study of Bernini and the Baroque, and indeed a cautionary and exemplary tale for historians who take artists’ lives at face value. . . . \u003ci\u003eBernini’s Biographies\u003c\/i\u003e is a challenging read but a rewarding one . . . [which] brings together and epitomises the problems and debates surrounding the construction of an artist as a historical and\/or literary figure. It will prove useful for those interested in this difficult and complex area—the confluence of art history and literary theory.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Carol M. Richardson \u003ci\u003eThe Art Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This [is an] absorbing book, which tells us a great deal about Bernini, but also a fair bit about textuality, myth, sub-genres of biography and even in one essay, the typological conventions of the time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Keith Miller \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As an edited volume of scholarly essays, this collection sets a new standard for excellence. The quality of all contributions is uniformly high—something that can rarely be said of such collections.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Sheila McTighe \u003ci\u003eOxford Art Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProlegomena to the Interdisciplinary Study of Bernini’s Biographies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaarten Delbeke, Evonne Levy, and Steven F. Ostrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1\tAt the Margins of the Historiography of Art: The \u003ci\u003eVite\u003c\/i\u003e of Bernini Between Autobiography and Apologia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomaso Montanari\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2\tBernini’s Voice: From Chantelou’s \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eVite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven F. Ostrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3\tPlotting Bernini: A Triumph over Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Lyons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4\tChapter 2 of Domenico Bernini’s \u003ci\u003eVita\u003c\/i\u003e of His Father: Mimeses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvonne Levy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5\t“Always Like Himself”: Character and Genius in Bernini’s Biographies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6\tBernini Portraits, Stolen and Nonstolen, in Chantelou’s \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e and the Bernini \u003ci\u003eVite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudolf Preimesberger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7\tGianlorenzo on the Grill: The Birth of the Artist in His “Primo Parto di Divozione”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeiko Damm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8\tGianlorenzo Bernini’s \u003ci\u003eBel Composto:\u003c\/i\u003e The Unification of Life and Work in Biography and Historiography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaarten Delbeke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9\tFrom Mascardi to Pallavicino: The Biographies of Bernini and Seventeenth-Century Roman Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEraldo Bellini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10\tCostanza Bonarelli: Biography Versus Archive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah McPhee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534929396055,"sku":"9780271029023","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271029023.jpg?v=1755858112","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/berninis-biographies-9780271029023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}