From the Book - First North American edition.
(from table of contents) Prologue: 'Padre scultore'--Pietro Bernini and his studio --
Father and son: Pietro and Gianlorenzo in partnership --
Coming of age: the first portraits --
The great mythological groups: Aeneas, Proserpina and Daphne --
The patronage of Urban VIII Barberini --
Popes and prelates: the mature portraits --
Architect to St Peter's: the Baldacchino and Cathedra Petri --
The papal tombs: Bernini and the Dance of Death --
Mystic vision: the later religious sculpture --
'Friend of the waters': Bernini's Roman fountains --
Bernini's buildings: the sculptor as architect --
England and France: Bernini, servant of kings --
Genius of the Baroque: talents and techniques --
Epilogue: Bernini the man
life, death and reputation.
