Bernini's architectural drawings

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This publication presents an updated catalogue raisonné of architectural drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, expanding the fundamental catalogue published in German by Heinrich Brauer and Rudolf Wittkower in 1931. Their research of nearly a century ago is certainly the most frequently cited source in the history of baroque art, and it remains among the most influential books ever issued by the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome. Nonetheless, their work has never been systematically revised, extended, or translated. The present volumes offer three paths for appreciating the original catalogue by concentrating on the discussion of architecture, to which half of the text was dedicated. The unabridged English translation is meant to bring the text to a wider audience and explicate its nuances. The publication history of Brauer and Wittkower, espeically in the context of more recent contributions, seeks to situate their ground-breaking contribution in the historiography of the field. Finally, by complementing the integral text with essays based on more recent studies of the drawings and monuments, we endeavor to bring the work up to date. It was this final task that Brauer and Wittkower had in mind when, in 1969, they themselves called for revisions to the catalogue by a new generation of scholars. back cover

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Volume 1 -- Preface. Updating the Brauer-Wittkower catalogue of architectural drawings / Tod A. Marder -- Translating the Brauer-Wittkower text / Susan Klaiber -- Prologue. The creation of the "Corpus Berninianum" / Susan Klaiber, Tod A. Marder -- 1. Forward and introduction / text: Heinrich Brauer, Rudolf Wittkower; commentary: Tod A. Marder -- 2. The Baldacchino in San Pietro / text: Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Maria Grazia D'Amelio, Tod A. Marder -- 3. The crossing in San Pietro / text: Heinrich Brauer, Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Maria Grazia D'Amelio, Tod A. Marder -- 4. Palazzo Barberini / text: Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 5. A garden gate at Castel Gandolfo / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 6. The bell towers at San Pietro / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Sarah McPhee -- 7. Pilaster decorations in San Pietro / text: Heinrich Brauer, Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 8. Works at Santa Maria del Popolo / text: Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 9. Works at the Siena Cathedral / text: Heinrich Brauer, Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Julia Triolo, Tod A. Marder -- 10. Piazza San Pietro / text: Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder, Maria Grazia D'Amelio -- 11. Sant'Andrea al Quirinale / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Tobias Glitsch, Tod A. Marder -- Volume 2 -- 12. The Apostolic Palace façade, Castel Gandolfo / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary: Alina Aggujaro -- 13. San Tommaso da Villanova, Castel Gandolfo / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 14. The Pantheon unencumbered / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 15. Santa Maria dell'Assunzione, Ariccia / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 16. The arsenale in Civitavecchia / text: Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Manuela Gobbi, Tod A. Marder -- 17. Palazzo Chigi ai Santi Apostoli / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 18. The Louvre / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Daniela del Pesco -- 19. New installation of the Dioscuri / text: Heinrich Brauer, Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Alina Aggujaro -- 20. Piazza della Minera / text: Rudolf Wittkower; commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 21. The Tribune of Santa Maria Maggiore / text: Rudolf Wittkower ; The tomb of Alexander VII / text: Heinrich Brauer; commentary & catalogue: Sebastiano Roberto, Tod A. Marder -- 22. Studies of the Orders / commentary & catalogue: Patricia Waddy, Tod A. Marder -- 23. The Porta Santa at San Pietro / commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 24. Façade and high altar of San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna / commentary & catalogue: Julia Triolo -- 25. Studies for Villa Barberini at Castel Gandolfo (Mompecchio) / commentary & catalogue: Patricia Waddy -- 26. The Manica Lunga / commentary & catalogue: Alina Aggujaro -- 27. Scalinata di Trinità de' Monti / commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 28. A ship fountain on Piazza Colonna / commentary & catalogue: Julia Triolo, Tod A. Marder -- Bourbon Chapel / commentary & catalogue: Daniela del Pesco -- 30. Chiesa dello Spirito Santo, high altar, Pistoia / commentary & catalogue: Tod A. Marder -- 31. A study of watermarks on Bernini's architectural drawings in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana / commentary & catalogue: Gabriella Pace, Giuseppe Marotta -- Appendices -- 1. Biography of Heinrich Brauer from his Ph.D. dissertation, 1931 / translation: Susan Klaiber -- 2. Biography of Rudolf Wittkower from his Ph.D. dissertation, 1923 / translation: Susan Klaiber -- 3. Heinrich Brauer bibliography 1931-1977 / compiled by Susan Klaiber -- 4. Rudolf Wittkower's baroque debut : "Barocke Kunst in Rom," April 1924 / commentary & translation: Susan Klaiber.