Pietro Bracci was a leading sculptor of eighteenth-century Rome, but the dispersal of his drawings has hampered study of the interplay between his approach to design and his response to Rome's vast artistic heritage. Using a group of Bracci drawings acquired by the Canadian Centre for Architecture as their point d'appui, Elisabeth Kieven and John Pinto have prepared a long-overdue catalogue of Bracci's complete study collection, from preliminary sketches to finished presentation drawings. Kieven and Pinto discuss the origin and function of each drawing and offer a wealth of new insights into Bracci's remarkable skill at integrating sculpture into Rome's grand buildings and public spaces.Bracci won some of the most sought-after commissions in eighteenth-century Rome, including monuments in Saint Peter's and the allegorical figures of the Trevi Fountain. Kieven's and Pinto's introductory essays situate these and other commissions in the history of Roman architecture and urbanism, survey Bracci's career, and explore the context of his drawing practices. Considered together, the Bracci drawings shed important new light on the collaborative relationship between architects and sculptors in the design of one of the art capitals of the world.Kieven and Pinto's book concludes with a catalogue raisonné of the entire corpus of drawings ascribed to Bracci and his son Virginio. In addition, their book illustrates all of Bracci's drawings and provides transcriptions of key documents.

Pietro Bracci and Eighteenth-Century Rome: Drawings for Architecture and Sculpture in the Canadian Centre for Architecture and Other Collections

Arts & Photography

Pinto, John

Kieven, Elisabeth

History & Criticism

Penn State University Press

Alessandro Galilei and the Origins of Neo-Classical Architecture

Architecture

Cambridge University Press

<p>English summary: The study investigate the reasons for this extraordinary career, which at the time of the Austrian Vice-regency (1707-1734) reached its highpoint. Colorful ceiling frescoes in the palaces of Viennese nobles' gives evidence of Solimena's wide-spread fame as much as his figure-rich decorations for the churches of Naples. For the first time these chief works are submitted to thorough analysis and against the background of new sources are understood as complex designs, which opens up a new view of the professional self-fashioning of Solimena. German description: Die Studie untersucht die Gruende fuer diese ausserordentliche Karriere, die zur Zeit des österreichischen ¡Vize¡regnums (1707-1734) ihren Höhe¡punkt erreichte. Farbprächtige Deckengemälde in den Wiener Adelspalästen zeugen ebenso von Solimenas weitreichendem Ruhm wie seine figurenreichen Freskendekorationen fuer die Kirchen Neapels. Erstmals werden diese Hauptwerke ausfuehrlichen Analysen unterzogen und vor dem Hintergrund neuer Quellen als vielschichtige Programmbilder entschluesselt. Zudem öffnet sich ein neuer Blick auf die professionelle Selbstinszenierung Solimenas.</p>

Der Fuerst unter allen lebenden Malern: Francesco Solimena und sein Werk zur Zeit der österreichischen Vizekönige in Neapel (1707-1734) (Römische Studien der Bibliotheca Hertziana) (German Edition)

Ebert-Schifferer, Sybille

Hirmer Verlag GmbH

1984 bezog die Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland beim Heiligen Stuhl ein neues Gebaude. Die moderne Architektur und Ausstattung des Munchner Architekten Freiherr Alexander von Branca war ein Wagnis. Entstanden ist eine Residenz, deren Einzigartigkeit der Bildband in seiner gediegenen Komposition von Bild und Text atmospharisch dicht vor Augen fuhrt.

Deutsche Botschaft Beim Heiligen Stuhl (German Edition)

Brech, Christoph

Schnell Steiner

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