Bernini and His World their meeting in Switzerland and

their meeting in Switzerland and their eventual move to Yorkshire

including Claude Lorrain

his bronze

achieving a greater synergy of uses and preparing the way for new urban forms

The book also includes a large new section on Baillie Scott’s own writings

Bernini and His World their meeting in Switzerland andBernini and His World is a unique exploration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini the sculptor, offering new insights and including discussions of the artists stylistic innovations and the ways in which he approached sculpture. Placing his life and work within a social, anthropological and historical context, Livio Pestilli gives a fascinating and in depth account, from the Rome in which Bernini lived and its reception of foreign sculptors to the myth making