The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome - Softcover

Morrissey, Jake

 
9780060525347: The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0060525347 ISBN 13: 9780060525347
Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2006

Synopsis

The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other and, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.

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About the Author

Jake Morrissey has studied and written about architecture for twenty years. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and dozens of other publications and books. He is the author of the novel A Weekend at Blenheim and lives near New York City.

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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0060525347
ISBN 13 
9780060525347
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
336

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