Francesco Borromini is one of the great geniuses of Baroque architecture, perhaps the greatest in inventiveness and in use of spatial effects. Here is the first book in English to survey the whole work of the master. The author, former Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, is known internationally for his many works on French and Italian architecture and painting.In this lucid and fully illustrated account, Anthony Blunt charts Borromini’s career and analyzes and assesses his art. Mr. Blunt tells of Borromini’s training, relating his style to that of Bernini, under whom he worked, and to the architecture from which he learned, for example Michelangelo’s. Borromini’s patrons allowed him freedom to evolve his own ideas, and his originality and imagination in inventing new architectural forms become apparent as the author studies individual commissions. His imagination was apparently limitless, but his inventions evolved in terms of rigidly controlled geometry. It is this combination of revolutionary inventiveness and intellectual control that gives Borromini’s work particular appeal in the twentieth century.
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At first glance, Borromini’s architecture is a flight of Baroque fantasy, the product of limitless imagination. A closer look reveals an almost ruthlessly logical geometry underlying his creation. Blunt shows how the combination of revolutionary inventiveness and intellectual control gives Borromini’s work its great appeal.
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Foreword 1. Birth and Early Training 2. Sources and Theories 3. S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 4. The Oratory of S. Filippo Neri and the Filomarino Altar 5. Ivo della Sapienza and S. Maria dei Sette Dolori 6. S. Giovanni in Laterano and S. Agnese in Piazza Navona 7. Domestic Architecture 8. The Last Phase 9. Influence and Reputation Notes on Further Reading List of Illustrations Index
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Blunt has made a highly significant contribution to our understanding of Borromini’s work from his first ideas on paper to the finished buildings.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674079267
Publisert
1989-10-15
Utgiver
Vendor
The Belknap Press
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter

Biographical note

Anthony Blunt was for many years Professor of the History of Art at the University of London and Director of the Courtauld Institute. He has published extensively on Baroque architecture.