Bernini's Four Rivers Fountain as permanent theatre

Author

Harris, Ann Sutherland

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

"All the world's a stage ... " : art and pageantry in the Renaissance and baroque

Author (monograph)

Wisch, Barbara (Editor, Collective Author); Munshower, Susan Scott (Editor, Collective Author); Hager, Hellmut (Collective Author)

Source

"All the world's a stage ... " : art and pageantry in the Renaissance and baroque. 1990, 488-516, 19 ill.

Publisher

Department of Art History, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Examines the design process for the fountain in Piazza Navona, Rome, noting how slowly Bernini grasped the expressive possibilities of the commission, despite his experience of theater.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
• Fountains
• Italy
• 1600-1700
• Fontana dei Fiumi||Roma (ITA)
• Theater (genre)
• Sculpture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
• Fontaine
• Italie
• 1600-1700
• Fontana dei Fiumi||Roma (ITA)
• Théâtre (genre)
• Sculpture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00337690

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