The life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

By Domenico Bernini

Subjects: Biography, Italy, biography, Sculptors, biography, Sculptors

Description: "A critical translation of the unabridged Italian text of Domenico Bernini's biography of his father, seventeenth-century sculptor, architect, painter, and playwright Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Includes commentary on the author's data and interpretations, contrasting them with other contemporary primary sources and recent scholarship"--Provided by publisher.