Catalogue
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture
Andrea Bacchi, Catherine Hess, Jennifer Montagu
325 pages
Code: 0892369329
Published by:
Paul Getty Museum,
Los Angeles, and the
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2008)
Hard cover - $70 ($59.50 Member Pricing)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the greatest sculptor of the Baroque period; his portrait busts were masterpieces of technical virtuosity. Bernini's ability to capture the essential character of his subjects was unmatched and had a profound influence on other leading sculptors of his day. Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture accompanies the first major exhibition of Bernini's work in North America. It includes reproductions of all of this artist's portrait busts, a selection of his portrait drawings, and important works by a number of his contemporaries.
Available at a cost of $70 in hardcover, it is on sale at the National Gallery of Canada Bookstore or online at www.shopngc.ca, the NGC’s online store.