Visible Spirit, Vol. II: The Art of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Volume II: 2

As early as the 1950s, Professor Irving Lavin was recognized as a major voice in American art history.His sustained production of seminal scholarly contributions have left their mark on an astonishingly wide range of -subjects and fields.Bringing these far-reaching publications together will not only provide a valuable resource to scholars and -students, but will also underscore fundamental themes in the history of art - historicism, the art of commemoration, the relationship between style and meaning, the -intelligence of artists - themes that define the role of the visual arts in human communication. Irving Lavin is best known for his array of fundamental publications on the Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680).These include new discoveries and studies on the master's prodigious childhood, his architecture and -portraiture, his invention of caricature, his depictions of religious faith and political leadership, his work in the -theatre, his attitude toward death and the ro