Description: Bernini and the bell towers

Main Author:	McPhee, Sarah, 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
Physical Description:	xi, 353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Subjects:	Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, -- 1598-1680 -- Criticism and interpretation. Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano. Bell towers -- Vatican City -- Design and construction. Architecture, Baroque -- Vatican City. Art and state -- Vatican City. Buildings -- Vatican City. Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-345) and index. 1. Paul V. Carlo Maderno, and the bell towers of St. Peter's -- 2. Bernini's bell tower -- 3. Innocent X. Virgilio Spada, and the cardinals of the congregation -- 4. Virgilio Spada, Francesco Borromini, and the foundations of St. Peter's -- 5. The fabbrica of St. Peter's, families, function, politics -- 6. Competition or consultation? - The real contenders and the evolution of the design -- 7. Truth and time -- 8. Twin towers.
Physical Description:	xi, 353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-345) and index.
ISBN:	0300089821 0300097409