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Tracing the history of the cult of Ludovica, the Altieri chapel and the statue, this text illuminates Bernini's contribution, both artistically and iconographically, to the chapel and proposes an interpretation of the precise nature of the experience the "beata" is undergoing in the sculpture.

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Book category Books in English The arts Art forms Non-graphic art forms

• Full title: Bernini and the Idealization of Death
• Subtitle: The "Blessed Ludovica Albertoni" and the Altieri Chapel
• Author: Shelley Perlove
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 156
• EAN: 9780271006840
• ISBN: 9780271006840
• ID: 01006551
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Weight: 880 g
• Dimensions: 279 × 210 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 1990

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