Powers matchless : the Pontificate of Urban VIII, the Baldachin, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini / W. Chandler Kirwin ; epilogue by Philipp P. Fehl.

Main entry:

Kirwin, William Chandler.

Title & Author:

Powers matchless : the Pontificate of Urban VIII, the Baldachin, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini / W. Chandler Kirwin ; epilogue by Philipp P. Fehl.

Publication:

Description:

xxviii, 372 pages, [104] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Series:

Hermeneutics of arts, 0899-9856 ; v. 6

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-361) and index.
Ch. I. Urban VIII and Roman Catholic Reform -- Ch. II. The Vatican -- Ch. III. The Baldachin: the Lower Storeys -- Ch. IV. The Baldachin: the Superstructure -- Ch. V. Urban, Bernini, and Rome -- Epilogue: On Virtue and Vice: Milton's Pandaemonium and Bernini's Baldachin / Philipp P. Fehl -- App. 1. The Photogrammetric Survey -- App. 2. The Chemical Analysis -- App. 3. Hypothetical Reconstruction of the Casting Process Employed for the Column Shafts of the Baldachin / Peter G. Rush.
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ISBN:

0820428221 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780820428222 (hc ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 Criticism and interpretation.
Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 Art patronage.
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644
Urban VIII. Papst 1568-1644
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1598-1680
Milton, John 1608-1674
Plastik
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo Petersdom
Urban 8 Papst Petersdom
Urban 8 Papst Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo Urban Papst 8
Urban Papst, VIII.
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Bronzebaldachin.
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano Details.
Bronzebaldachin
Baldachins (Architecture) Vatican City.
Sculpture, Italian Vatican City.
Sculpture, Baroque Vatican City.
Baldaquins (Architecture) Vatican.
Sculpture italienne Vatican.
Sculpture baroque Vatican.
Art patronage
Baldachins (Architecture)
Buildings
Sculpture, Baroque
Sculpture, Italian
Ausstattung
Baldachin
Kirchenbau
Baldakijnen.
Sint-Pieter (Rome)
Vatican City Buildings, structures, etc.
Vatican City
Latium
Peterskirche
Geschichte 1624-1633

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Fehl, Philipp P.
Hermeneutics of art ; v. 6.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192445
Call No.: NB623.B5.K54 (ID:97-B3535)
Status: Available

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