- Paperback: 168 pages
- Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (Mar 1 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0226092739
- ISBN-13: 978-0226092737
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
-
Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#1,338,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #20 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( A-C ) > Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
- See Complete Table of Contents
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Library Journal
In the later years of his stellar career, Bernini created three masterpieces that exemplify the spirit of the Baroque style. The Fonseca and Albertoni chapels and the altar of Sant' Andrea al Quirinale vividly manifest the combinatory impulses that create a visceral, spiritual, and aesthetic unity out of the diverse components of architecture, painting, and sculpture. Careri's subtle study seeks not only to elucidate the nature of these dynamic ensembles but also to suggest means of investigating them. Of particular value is his attempt to evoke how the monuments might have been experienced and understood. In addition to his summary of essential art historical data about these works, the author, who is cultural attache for the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, provides a thoughtful methodological critique of earlier studies. But for a sometimes strained theoretical garniture, Careri's attempt at interpretative comprehensiveness should command the respectful attention of the scholarly community.
Robert Cahn, Fashion Inst. of Technology, New York
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Robert Cahn, Fashion Inst. of Technology, New York
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Nowhere is evidence of Bernini's unique abillity to unite architecture with sculpture and painting into a beautiful whole more compelling than in the Baroque chapel of Bernini's design: a dark world sealed below by a balustrade, covered by a luminous celestial dome, and populated by bodies of paint, marble, stucco, and flesh. This book explores three of these Baroque chapels to show how Bernini achieved his remarkable effects. Giovanni Careri examines the ways in which the artist integrated the disparate forms of architecture, painting, and sculpture into a coherent space for devotion, and then shows how this accomplishment was understood by religious practitioners.
In the Fonseca Chapel, the Albertoni Chapel, and the church of Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, all in Rome, Careri identifies three types of ensemble and links each to a particular spiritual journey. Using contemporary theories in anthropology, film, and reception aesthetics, he shows how Bernini's formal mechanisms established an emotional dynamic between the beholder and a specific arrangement of forms. As an inquiry into the ways art in a certain historical context transformed and was transformed by its audience, Bernini: Flights of Love, the Art of Devotion is also a penetrating investigation into the aesthetic principles of multimedia composition.
In the Fonseca Chapel, the Albertoni Chapel, and the church of Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, all in Rome, Careri identifies three types of ensemble and links each to a particular spiritual journey. Using contemporary theories in anthropology, film, and reception aesthetics, he shows how Bernini's formal mechanisms established an emotional dynamic between the beholder and a specific arrangement of forms. As an inquiry into the ways art in a certain historical context transformed and was transformed by its audience, Bernini: Flights of Love, the Art of Devotion is also a penetrating investigation into the aesthetic principles of multimedia composition.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Bernini was commissioned to design the chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina as early as 1663. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Bernini was commissioned to design the chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina as early as 1663. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Building Types & Styles > Religious Buildings
- Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( A-C ) > Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
- Books > Arts & Photography > Schools, Periods & Styles > Baroque
- Books > Arts & Photography > Sculpture
- Books > New & Used Textbooks
- Books > Professional & Technical > Architecture > Building Types & Styles > Religious Buildings
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
