Powers Matchless - William Chandler Kirwin

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Résumé :
Powers Matchless is the first book-length study on the Baldachin inside St. Peters, Rome (1624-1633). It situates the monument in the center of Urban VIII's grand plan for his Pontificate (1623-1644) and critically evaluates the structure's design, complicated construction, and meaning in the context of the Pontiff's rearmament of Rome and the Vatican. This study also provides a new interpretation of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's beginnings and early development as an architect and impresario.

Biographie:
The Author: W. Chandler Kirwin is a Professor of Art History at the University of Guelph, Ontario. He was the Samuel H. Kress Fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has edited a book on Italian Renaissance architecture, has published numerous articles on Italian art from Leonardo da Vinci to Bernini, and has co-authored an exhibition at the Uffizi Museum, Florence. Dr. Kirwin has been the recipient of several awards.