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'An elegant distillation of information' - The Independent

The art of sculpture in Baroque Italy reached unprecedented heights of technical perfection and emotional intensity. This book offers a fresh view of this rich and varied period, ranging from the exuberance of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne and Salvi's Trevi Fountain to the restraint and simplicity of Algardi's St Philip Neri, from expressive papal tombs and subtly idealized portrait busts to multi-sensory compositions such as Bernini's Cornano Chapel and the dazzling fountains and angelic statuary that transformed the urban spaces of Rome. Often dismissed in the past for creating a sham world to distract the observer's attention, Italian Baroque sculpture is here reassessed for the first time in English for more than a generation - the book was published to coincide with the fourth centenary of the births of Bernini and Algardi, the greatest of Baroque sculptors. (Kirkus UK)

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Bruce Boucher is currently Director at Sir John Soane's Museum. Prior to this he has had a long distinguished career teaching at University College, London and as a curator at The Art Institute of Chicago and the Fralin Museum of Art.

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