The Holy Name
Subtitle: art of the Gesù : Bernini and his age
By: edited by Linda Wolk-Simon, with the collaboration of Christopher M.S. Johns ; essays by Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Andrew Horn, Christopher M.S. Johns, Evonne Levy, Franco Mormando, John W. O'Malley, S.J., Louise Rice, Betsy Rosasco, Xavier F. Salomon, John Beldon Scott, Linda Wolk-Simon
Contributors: Fairfield University
Series: Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts -- vol. 17; Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series -- v. 17.
Publisher: Saint Joseph's University Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
ISBN-13: 9780916101008
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Exhibitions; Christian art and symbolism; Jesuit art; Baroque Art; Italian Art; Modern period; Chiesa del Gesù (Rome, Italy)
Description: This landmark exhibition, organized to commemorate Fairfield University's 75th anniversary, features artistic treasures from the Roman church of the Gesù never before seen in America: Bernini's bust of Roberto Bellarmino (patron saint of Fairfield University), Gaulli's monumental painted wood model of the apse, a gilt bronze altar sculpture by the versatile painter, draftsman and sculptor Ciro Ferri, the sumptuous jeweled cartegloria from the altar of St. Ignatius, and the magnificent embroidered chasuble of the church's great benefactor, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. These masterpieces are joined by more than fifty paintings, sculptures, rare books, precious objects, drawings, prints, and historical documents by Bernini, Domenichino, Gaulli, Ciro Ferri, Carlo Maratti, and Andrea Pozzo, among other Italian Baroque masters, on loan from American museums and private collections. Exhibition: The Fairfield University Art Museum, USA (02.02.-19.05.2018).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-578) and index.