The Life of Bernini

Initially published by Penn State Press in 1965, Catherine Enggasss translation of Filippo Baldinuccis Life of Bernini was the first English-language edition of this historic biography. Out of print for many years, The Life of Bernini is now available in a new paperback edition with an introduction by Maarten Delbeke, Evonne Levy, and Steven F. Ostrow, the editors of Berninis Biographies.Baldinuccis unusual stand-alone biography of Bernini, begun while his subject was still alive, offers important insights into contemporary perceptions of the artist, the motivations of its author, and the nature of literary biography in seventeenth-century Italy.

About the author

Catherine Enggass's translations from Italian include Eugenio Battisti's Cimabue and a book on the modern Italian painter La Regina.

Summary

A biography of Bernini, that offers important insights into contemporary perceptions of the artist, the motivations of its author, and the nature of literary biography in seventeenth-century Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Filippo Baldinucci, Fillipo Baldinucci
• Assisted by: Maarten Delbeke (Editor), Maarten (Ghent University) Delbeke (Editor), Delbeke Maarten (Editor), Evonne Levy (Editor), Steven F. (University of Minnesota) Ostrow (Editor), Ostrow Steven F. (Editor), Catherine Enggass (Translation), Enggass Catherine (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780271730769
• ISBN: 978-0-271-73076-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, Individual artists, art monographs