Isbn: 9780060525347 - the genius in the design: bernini, borromini, and the rivalry that transformed rome: bernini, borromini, and the rivalry that transformed rome – a biography of ambition and spectacular buildings (18 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other and, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other and, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 320 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 320 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 336 pages. The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gian lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talen ted and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of S t. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing som e of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and brea thtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two ext raordinary visionaries schemed and maneuvered to get the better of each other an d, in the process, created the spectacular Roman cityscape of today.…