Unique among early modern artists, the Baroque painter,   sculptor, and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini was the subject of two   monographic biographies published shortly after his death in 1680: one by   the Florentine connoisseur and writer Filippo Baldinucci (1682), and the   second by Bernini's son, Domenico (1713).   This interdisciplinary collection of essays by historians of art and   literature marks the first sustained examination of the two biographies,   first and foremost as texts. A substantial introductory essay considers   each biography's author, genesis, and foundational role in the study of   Bernini. Nine essays combining art-historical research with insights from   philology, literary history, and art and literary theory offer major new   insights into the multifarious connections between biography, art history,   and aesthetics, inviting readers to rethink Bernini's life, art, and   milieu.

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