![]() ![]() Philippe Malgouyres, Curator of Bronzes, Ivories and Metals at the Louvre, discusses the bronze casts after Bernini sculpture, a little-studied subject in the wide field of Bernini studies. Rosario Coppel investigates the impressive collection of small bronzes of the 3rd Duke of Alcalá (1583–1637), who was Philips IV’s extraordinary ambassador to Pope Urban VIII and later Viceroy and Captain General in Naples. Anthea Brook, who has published extensively on Ferdinando Tacca, considers the attribution of a pair of small Florentine bronze hunting gropus in the Marino Collection, making the case for Damiano Cappelli – a bronze-casting specialist in the workshop of Tacca – to be considered as a sculptor capable of creating his own designs. Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Director of the Louvre Sculpture Department, examines the discovery of a large number of small pieces of terracotta sculpture, thought to be from the workshop of Andrés-Charles Boulle, which was destroyed in 1720. Charles Avery, author of major monographs on Giambologna and Bernini, discusses the impetus behind one of the most exciting models in the Marino Collection, a Hercules and Anteaus, after Maderno. This volume of contributions to the symposium held in June 2010 testifying to the importance of the Marino Collection includes nine essays by distinguished scholars of sculpture. A man in his 70s still wearing leather pants and boots.The outstanding collection of European bronze sculptures formed by acclaimed architect Peter Marino, which focuses especially on French and Italian bronzes of the High Baroque, includes masterpieces by some of the greatest sculptors of their age, among them Ferdinando Tacca, Giovanni Battista Foggini, Robert Le Lorrain and Corneille van Clève. ![]() ![]() I seriously thought Peter Marino was gay. In the end, Chanel died an old lonely woman in her hotel room. ![]() She joined the upper-class elite and the royal family in their secret despair for the Jewish, and unhesitantly aided the Nazi by providing them with secret intel on their whereabouts. Apparently she was also a serial mistresses who engaged only in illegitimate affairs with wealthy, powerful and socially-influential men. As she got older, she -presumably deliberately- recounted her childhood very differently, declaring a more glamorous upbringing compared to her modest childhood. Together, they are the signature of Chanel.Ĭhanel grew up with nuns in a convent for poor and abandoned children. White, the color of transcendence, illumination. The contrast of black and white recalling the colors worn by the nuns at the convent where Gabrielle Chanel grew up, starting at age 11.īlack, the color of elegance, creating depth. Inherently architectural, modern, timeless, elegant, clean and uncomplicated. Four thin black lines outlining a matte white rectangle. The simplicity of the icons of Chanel - including a perfectly designed perfume box - were the basis of those designs. Through his dedication to his craft and expert devotion to Coco Chanel's vision and resolutely modern spirit, Marino has ushered Chanel into a new age, all while perfecting the always elusive art of the timeless in architecture and design. With more than 300 stunning images, including architectural plans and original sketches by Marino together with an introduction by New York Times and Architectural Digest contributor Pilar Viladas, an interview by creator of Pin-Up magazine Felix Burrichter, and project descriptions by local writers, each perfectly placed to discuss Marino's work in its geographical context, this book features all 16 Chanel buildings worldwide for which Marino designed both the buildings and interiors - from the USA to Asia. A celebration of the wonderful creative intersection between the architecture of Peter Marino and the aesthetic of fashion-house Chanel - a behind-the-scenes look at the buildings designed by Marino for Chanel in Chicago, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Nanjing, New York, Miami, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo This stunning celebration of the 25-year collaboration between two remarkable legends - the fashion house Chanel and Peter Marino - through a stunning collection of buildings that Marino designed to elevate Chanel's luxury retail spaces to the realm of fine art. ![]()
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