The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (858 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060525347 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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David E. Eppenstein, Jr. said Like almost all my classmates I revered the great modern. When I was 18 I entered college to study architecture. Like almost all my classmates I revered the great modern architects, Sullivan, Wright, Mies, and Le Corbusier. Unlike my classmates I was also fascinated by history and this fascination and my love of architecture led to a journey of discovery. During that journey I developed a fondness for the symmetry, stability, and rhythms of Renaissance architecture. Then I found Borromini and Bernini. Sarah Ursus said Excellent narrative history, but needs more pictures.. This was a fantastic read both with respect to the history of 17th century Rome, the background of the buildings which both Bernini and Borromini worked on, and the other figures involved. The ingenious narrative will, after discussing a certain issue, backtrack just a bit, like highlighting an issue but then focusing on the brighter details, as Morrissey will do with his careful descriptions of architecture. All in all, fascinating, historica. I would now like to visit them to appreciate the scholarly nature of It was very informative, but for my tastes, it was a bit difficult. I don't know many of the churches and other buildings Bernini and Borromini designed, but I'm sure they are lovely. I would now like to visit them to appreciate the scholarly nature of the book. The background about all the Popes and their needs for spectacular, costly tombs shows how controlling the Catholic Church was, especially then.
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.. 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. 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
Borromini (1599–1667) lacked such connections, but climbed the guild's ladder, eventually becoming chief assistant to Carlo Maderno, the chief architect of St. Peter's. . Raised in a wealthy family with connections to politicians and cultural players, Bernini (1598–1680) was 12 when he was commissioned to do his first major piece—and he soon learned how to win the hearts and pocketbooks of rich patrons on his own. Morrissey (A Weekend at Blenheim) finely renders the intense rivalry between these two artists, giving a reasonable if fact-heavy look at 17th-century Roman life in the pr