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Meet the Greatest Sculptor of the 17th Century

 

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was one of the sculptural geniuses of history.  His personal life and rivalry with Boromini was as exciting and famous as his sculpture and architecture.

Why I love Gian Lorenzo Bernini 

This summer there was an 8 part series of art shows on PBS called the Power of Art, not 7 of them were painters but the one sculptor they covered was Bernini and I was floored when I saw his work. This photo shows the exact thing that really struck me, those fingers pressing into the flesh like that looking so real and alive. The night I watched it I spent the next 4-5 hours searching everything I could about him online.

Who is Bernini? 

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome.

Bernini was born in Naples to a capable Mannerist sculptor, Pietro Bernini, originally from Florence. At the age of seven he accompanied his father to Rome, where his father was involved in several high profile projects.[1] There as a boy, his skill was soon noticed by the painter Annibale Carracci and by Pope Paul V, and Bernini gained the patronage exclusively under Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the pope's nephew. His first works were inspired by antique Hellenistic sculpture.

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Bernini Links 

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Biography of BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo (b. 1598, Napoli, d. 1680, Roma) in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting and sculpture (1100-1850)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) | Thematic Essay | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gian Lorenzo Bernini dominated the Roman art world of the seventeenth century, flourishing under the patronage of its cardinals and popes
The 17th Century: Baroque and Rococo - Gianlorenzo Bernini
History of Art: Baroque and Rococo - Gianlorenzo Bernini
BBC - Arts - Simon Schama's Power of Art
Simon Schama's Power of Art recounts the remarkable story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight art masterpieces. Watch video clips and experience commissioned artwork to discover the Power of Art across the UK
Bernini, and Other Studies in the ... - Google Book Search
Bernini, and Other Studies in the History of Art by Richard Norton from Google Books.
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) | Thematic Essay | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gian Lorenzo Bernini dominated the Roman art world of the seventeenth century, flourishing under the patronage of its cardinals and popes while also challenging contemporary artistic traditions.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini Videos 

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini on Flickr 

Piazza Barberini by zak mc

Piazza Barberini

piazza navona by uzugexe

piazza navona

horse by uzugexe

horse

Fountain in St. Peter's square, Rome by Dimitry B

Fountain in St. Pete...

St. Peter's square with the egyptian obelisk, Rome by Dimitry B

St. Peter's square w...

fontana del triton by Rafael Jiménez

fontana del triton

fontana del moro by Rafael Jiménez

fontana del moro

The Bernini colonnade, again by luigig

The Bernini colonnad...

Detail of the Fountain of the Four Rivers, here the river-God Ganges, square of Navona, Rome Italy - Gianlorenzo BERNINI by mamjodh

Detail of the Founta...

San Pietro by leoplus

San Pietro

Epifania in piazza Navona, Roma by GETA.80

Epifania in piazza N...

Roma by Pablo Garp

Roma

About the Baroque Era 

In the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural epoch, commencing roughly at the turn of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and musicClaude V. Palisca : "Baroque." Grove Music Online L Macy(2007) 13 Feb 2008 Grove Music. In music, the term 'Baroque' applies to the final period of dominance of imitative counterpoint, where different voices and instruments echo each other but at different pitches, sometimes inverting the echo, and even reversing thematic material.

The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvementFred S. Kleiner, Christin J Mamiya "Gardner's Art Through the Ages". The aristocracy also saw the dramatic style of Baroque architecture and art as a means of impressing visitors and expressing triumphant power and control. Baroque palaces are built around an entrance of courts, grand staircases and reception rooms of sequentially increasing opulence. In similar profusions of detail, art, music, architecture, and literature inspired each other in the Baroque cultural movement as artists explored what they could create from repeated and varied patterns. Some traits and aspects of Baroque paintings that differentiate this style from others are the abundant amount of details, often bright polychromy, less realistic faces of subjects, and an overall sense of awe, which was one of the goals in Baroque art.

The word baroque probably derives from the ancient Portuguese noun "barroco" which is a pearl that is not round but of unpredictable and elaborate shape. Hence, in informal usage, the word baroque can simply mean that something is "elaborate", with many details, without reference to the Baroque styles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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