The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
Author(s): Jake Morrissey
The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other and, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.
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"In clear prose and with splendid touches of drama, history and architecture are both brought wonderfully to life.--Ross King, author of the New York Times bestsellers BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME and MICHELANGELO AND THE POPE'S CEILING
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- : HarperCollins Publishers
- : 0.286
- : 01 April 2006
- : 204mm X 135mm X 21mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 320
- : Paperback / softback
- : Jake Morrissey