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Sculptor and architect, Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in seventeenth-century Italy. He has left his greatest mark on Rome where Papal patronage provided him with enormous architectural commissions. List of Plates List of Text Figures Foreword Introduction 1. The Prodigy 2. Bernini in Command 3. Disaster and Triumph 4. Two Churches and St. Peter's 5. Le Cavalier en France 6. The Late Works Bibliographical Note Notes to the Text Index