A Transitory Star : : The Late Bernini and his Reception / / ed. by Claudia Lehmann, Karen J. Lloyd.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Berndt, Christian,; Damm, Heiko,; Delbeke, Maarten,; D’Amelio, Maria Grazia,; Frommel, Sabine,; Lehmann, Claudia,; Lloyd, Karen J.,; Marder, Tod A.,; Montanari, Tomaso,
• HerausgeberIn: Lehmann, Claudia,; Lloyd, Karen J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Ars et Scientia : Schriften zur Kunstwissenschaft , 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.)

Examining Bernini's works from 1665 on, from Paris and Rome, this book demonstrates the wealth of material still to be drawn from close visual and material examination, archival research, and comparative textual analysis. On the whole, this collection deals with Bernini's position as the l...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Introduction. Stars, Water Wings, and Hairs. Bernini’s Career in Metaphor
• Bernini and the Measure of Greatness. The bust of Louis XIV and its pedestal as seen by La Chambre, Lemée, and Bouhours
• Agon und Spitzenkragen: Zur Rhetorik des Ornaments in Berninis Büste Ludwigs XIV
• Zwischen Geniestreich und kollektiver Leistung: Gian Lorenzo Berninis Entwürfe für den Louvre
• Bernini’s macchia
• All the King’s Horses. Bernini’s Equestrian Statues between Paris and Rome
• Bernini, Alessandro VII e piazza San Pietro a Roma: come e quando è stato chiuso il cantiere?
• Quisquis hic vides documentum intellige. Zur Poetik von Berninis obelisktragendem Elefanten für Alexander VII.
• Una traccia per la pittura del tardo Bernini. Notizie dal carteggio su due ritratti di Clemente IX
• Bibliography
• Illustration credits
• Index