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Giovanni Battista Maini (1690-1752) and Roman sculpture of his time
Hardback
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- Book Synopsis
- Maini is one of the most important and accomplished, although least known and appreciated of late Baroque sculptors. This new monograph will provide an authoritative, scholarly and beautifully illustrated survey of all his principal commissions. Maini was born in Lombardy and had moved to Rome by 1710. His prestigious projects in the city included the funerary monument for Pope Innocent X in Sant'Agnese in Agone and the two majestic tombs in the family chapel of Pope Clement XII in San Giovanni in Laterano. Maini also worked in Santa Maria Maggiore and was involved in the design for the iconic Fontana di Trevi. These works are set in the context of the Roman art scene: the struggle for commissions, payment and reputation.
- About The Author
- Jennifer Montagu is a distinguished art historian who specialises in Roman Baroque sculpture. Her monograph on Alessandro Algardi was published in 1985 to great acclaim. Montagu worked as Curator of the Photographic Collection of the Warburg Institute, London, and has been both the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge and the Andrew W. Mellon Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. She has also served as a Trustee of the Wallace Collection and British Museum, London, and is an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781916237858
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The Burlington Press, (04 March 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 30 mm
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