The Genius in the Design - Bernini, Borromini, And the Rivalry That Transformed Rome

The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter''s in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other and, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jake Morrissey
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.03.2006
• EAN: 9780060525347
• ISBN: 978-0-06-052534-7
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 207 mm x 27 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur; Illustration, Architecture, European History, Italy, History of Art, Modernism, Reference works, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, History of Architecture, Individual artists, art monographs, Renaissance style, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Performance Art, Architecture: interior design, Gender studies: women and girls, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, European history: Renaissance, Photography and photographs, Medieval style, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Europe / Italy, HISTORY: Reference, ARCHITECTURE: History / General, DESIGN: Graphic Arts / Illustration, ART: American / General, ART: History / Contemporary (1945-), ART: Performance, ARCHITECTURE: History / Medieval, ARCHITECTURE: History / Renaissance, The arts: general topics, ART: History / 20th & 21st Century