Bernini's Michelangelo
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Review “This important new book offers the first in-depth and comprehensive investigation of Bernini’s life-long effort to emulate and, at times, challenge Michelangelo and his works. What emerges is a new understanding of how Bernini defined his own originality and fashioned himself as a modern artist.”—Steven F. Ostrow, University of Minnesota“The silver thread throughout [Mangone's book] is the centrality of Michelangelo to Bernini’s self-conception as an artist and to Baroque art theory in general. The relentless pursuit of the Michelangelo gene in Bernini’s DNA illuminates the artist’s major works and probes the fundamental paradox of originality in imitation.”—Joseph Connors, Harvard University Read more Book Description Bernini’s lifelong imitation of Michelangelo, explored here in depth for the first time, reveals the centrality of Michelangelo’s art and its principles in the development of Baroque sculpture and architecture and in the establishment of the Renaissance canon. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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