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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521431980
ISBN-139780521431989
eBay Product ID (ePID)348543
Product Key Features
Number of Pages337 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace : Architecture, Sculpture, and Ritual
SubjectSculpture & Installation, General, History / Baroque & Rococo
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorT. A. Marder
Subject AreaArt, Architecture
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight54.7 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width11.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-003031
Reviews'Marder's work as a whole should be viewed as a thoroughly worthwhile and illuminating achievement.' Christopher Baker, Apollo Magazine, ‘Marder’s work as a whole should be viewed as a thoroughly worthwhile and illuminating achievement.’Christopher Baker, Apollo Magazine
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal721.8/32/0945634
Table Of Content1. A tour of the monument; 2. The palace entrance and stairs during the Renaissance; 3. Paul V's new palace entrance; 4. Bernini's designs from Colonnade to Corridor, 1656-59; 5. Bernini's designs for the North Corridor, 1659-62; 6. Bernini's staircase, 1663-66; 7. The design and execution of Bernini's statue of Constantine, 12654-1670; 8. Meanings of the Constantine imagery; 9. Iconographic, ritual, and historical contexts for the ensemble.
SynopsisBernini's Scala Regia is the paradigm of the Baroque aesthetic. Combining art and architecture, sculpture and decoration in an illusionistic ensemble, this monumental staircase served as the main entrance to the Vatican Palace, as well as the principal connection between the palace and St Peter's basilica. The monument also encapsulates the essence of Bernini's working procedure as architect and designer as well as his creative response to both structural challenges and iconographic concerns. This book is the first complete account of the Scala Regia in the context of the long building history of the Vatican Palace, the history of St Peter's, and the architecture and sculpture of Bernini., Combining art and architecture, sculpture and decoration in an illusionistic ensemble, Bernini's Scala Regia is the paradigm of the Baroque aesthetic. This book is the first complete account of the Scala Regia in the context of the history of the Vatican Palace, the history of St Peter's, and the architecture and sculpture of Bernini.
LC Classification NumberNA1123.B5 M37 1997
