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Gianlorenzo Bernini : new aspects of his art and thought : a commemorative volume / edited by Irving Lavin
by Lavin, Irving
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0271003871
- ISBN 13
- 9780271003870
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About This Item
University Park : Published for the College Art Association of America by Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 222 pages : illustrations, music ; 29 cm. Series; Monographs on the fine arts ; 37. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Themes from art theory in the early works of Bernini / Rudolf Preimesberger -- Bernini Sculptures not by Bernini / Jennifer Montagu -- A comedy by Bernini / Donald Beecher and Massimo Ciavolella with collaboration of James Merrill -- Bernini and the ""Fiera di Farfa"" / Frederik Hammond -- Divine reflections and profane refractions: images of a scientific impasse in seventeenth-century Italy / William Ashworth, Jr. -- Bernini's cosmic eagle / Irving Lavin. Subjects; Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1598-1680 Addresses, essays, lectures. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1598-1680 Criticism and interpretation. 1600-1699. Sculpture, Italian 17th century. Sculptors Italy 17th century. Fine Arts - General. Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 410861
- Title
- Gianlorenzo Bernini : new aspects of his art and thought : a commemorative volume / edited by Irving Lavin
- Author
- Lavin, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0271003871
- ISBN 13
- 9780271003870
- Publisher
- University Park : Published for the College Art Association of America by Pennsylvania State University Press
- Place of Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1985
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