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BERNINI’S BIOGRAPHIES CRITICAL ESSAYS
EDITED BY MAARTEN DELBEKE, EVONNE LEVY,AND STEVEN F.OSTROW
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Bernini’s biographies : critical essays / edited by Maarten Delbeke, Evonne Levy, and Steven F. Ostrow. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 987-0-271-02901-4 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-271-02901-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598–1680. 2. Artists—Italy—Biography—History and criticism. 3. Baldinucci, Filippo, 1625–1696. Vita del cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino. 4. Bernini, Domenico, 1657–1723. Vita del cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino. I. Delbeke, Maarten. II. Levy, Evonne Anita. III. Ostrow, Steven F. N6923.B5B48 2007 709.2—dc22 [B] 2006018106
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for our parents
Annemie and Geert Delbeke-Schreel
Anita von Bachellé Levy and Walter Kahn Levy, in memoriam
Lenore and Harold Ostrow 00i-xviii.Delbeke.FM.qxd 11/10/06 7:06 AM Page vi 73 111 315 251 143 Vite 201 275 1 223 Vita to the Vite ix 181 xvii 159 403 The Unification of Journal 377 xiii 405 and the Bernini