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02984aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 E7A1082AF50B11E7A6193F6E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180109010327 008 051214t20052005pau b 000 1deng d 010 $a 2005902865 020 $a 9781413491692 020 $a 1413491693 020 $a 9781413491708 020 $a 1413491707 035 $a (OCoLC)62594624 040 $a CLE $c CLE $d CLE $d BAKER $d VYM $d YDXCP $d A7U $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 100 1 $a Mileti, Nick J. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97018241 245 10 $a Beyond Michelanagelo : $b the deadly rivalry between Borromini and Bernini / $c Nick J. Mileti. 264 1 $a [Philadelphia] : $b Xlibris, $c [2005] 300 $a 607 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-607). 500 $a "Meticulously researched over a ten-year period, Nick Mileti has pieced together a gripping account of one of the most famous, but largely unexamined, artistic rivalries ever---the one-sided rivalry between the architect, Francesco Borromini (the instigator), and GianLorenzo Bernini, the greatest overall artist in history. Without a doubt, a number of his startling, but logical, observations and conclusions will send Bernini, Borromini, and Baroque scholars scrambling back to their libraries and computers. Everything came easy for GianLorenzo Bernini---his art, his style, even his loves. A confidant of monarchs, princes and popes, Bernini was a more talented sculptor and architect than Michelangelo, more successful with the ladies than Raphael, cooler than Guido Reni, and had more common sense than Galileo. The urbane Bernini was a sought-after conversationalist, got rich from his art, and even dressed nice. Bernini has been called the sanest genius who ever lived. Francesco Borromini's life, on the other hand, was a daily struggle. His own worse enemy, he was one of the first afflicted with what is now called 'artistic temperament.' He was anti-social, morose, suspicious, quarrelsome, disdained money, and irritated everyone he felt was interfering with his artistic vision---especially his patrons. Worse, Borromini knocked on Bernini's door all of his life and came up with a handful of marble dust. What does one do when faced with the impossible (self-imposed) task of topping the greatest all-around artist in history? Here's what you do: For your entire adult life you try every devious, malicious trick you can think of. When nothing works, you kill yourself. "---Cover page [4]. 600 10 $a Borromini, Francesco, $d 1599-1667 $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, $d 1598-1680 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Art $z Italy $x History $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180109040756.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E7A1082AF50B11E7A6193F6E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search