5,120 research outputs found
Interview with Franco Mormando on Bernini: his life and his Rome, by Franco Mormando
No full textAs discussed in this interview, the 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. It is perhaps not surprising that this artist who defined the Baroque should have a personal life that itself was, well, baroque. As Franco Mormandos 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.Title supplied by cataloger
Interview with Franco A. Mormando on The life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Domenico Bernini, by Franco Mormando
No full textIt would be nearly impossible to overstate the importance and influence of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). One of the creators of the Roman Baroque style, Bernini was a leading force in sculpture, architecture, painting and drama for most of the 17th century in Rome. The earliest biography of Bernini was long thought to be that published in Florence in 1682, written by Filippo Baldinucci and supposedly commissioned by Queen Christina of Sweden. Franco Mormando reveals that this biography was actually commissioned by Bernini's sons in the 1670s, and was largely based on a biography written by his youngest son, Domenico (1657-1723) which remained unpublished until 1713. Mormando has translated this invaluable primary source into English for the first time, and presents it here in a critical edition supported by unprecedented linguistic, historical, and cultural research on the artist, his works, his milieu, and his enduring influence.Title supplied by cataloger
Mains fortes, Film italien de Franco Bernini
No full textVideau André. Mains fortes, Film italien de Franco Bernini. In: Hommes et Migrations, n°1221, Septembre-octobre 1999. Immigration, la dette à l'envers. p. 121
Rana appenninica. In: F. Bernini, L. Bonini, V. Ferri, A. Gentilli, E. Razzetti, S. Scali (Editors), Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili della Lombardia
No full textRana temporaria. In: Sindaco R., Doria G., Razzetti E. & Bernini F., (Eds.), Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d'Italia / Atlas of Italian Amphibians and Reptiles
No full textTriturus vulgaris. In: Sindaco R., Doria G., Razzetti E. & Bernini F., (Eds.), Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d'Italia / Atlas of Italian Amphibians and Reptiles
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