#JLF 2016: Bernini’s Beloved: Love, Jealousy in Renaissance Rome
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Channel: Jaipur Literature Festival · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism
Sarah McPhee in conversation with James Cuno Presented by Getty Foundation With lips slightly parted and eyes fixed on a point in the distance, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s breathtaking marble portrait of Costanza Piccolomini appears alive and is regarded as one of the great masterpieces of Italian baroque sculpture. Carved in 1636-37 for his own pleasure, it is one of his most captivating works, but until now little has been known about its subject. For centuries, Costanza was identified only as Bernini’s mistress, who later incited his rage by betraying him for his brother. Sarah McPhee tells this story in her remarkable biography of a sculpture and its subject. Beautifully illustrated and written, Bernini’s Beloved expands our understanding of the woman whose intelligence and passion served as inspiration for Bernini’s celebrated sculpture, and who courageously forged a life for herself in the decades following its creation. In conversation with James Cuno of the Getty Foundation.
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