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Pietro Bracci and eighteenth-century Rome : drawings for architecture and sculpture in the Canadian Centre for Architecture and other collections

Title: Pietro Bracci and eighteenth-century Rome : drawings for architecture and sculpture in the Canadian Centre for Architecture and other collections / Elisabeth Kieven and John Pinto.
Author: Kieven, Elisabeth.
Publication: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press ; Montreal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2001], ©2001.

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xi, 296 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

"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 at 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." "Kieven and Pinto's book concludes with a catalogue raisonne 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

0271020083

LCCN

00031379

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Columbia University Libraries