Gian Lorenzo Bernini an Italian Artist and a Prominent Architect

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini an Italian Artist and a Prominent Architect Authentic Hand Painted Canvas Art (Famous Masterpieces) Free Shipping and Free Returns.... http://www.FamousArtistsofHistory.com/FamousArtistPaintingsOnYourWall.php http://www.GodistheCreator.com Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Gianlorenzo or Giovanni Lorenzo) (Naples, 7 December 1598 -- Rome, 28 November 1680) was an Italian artist and a prominent architect who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. In addition, he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets. A student of classical sculpture, Bernini possessed the ability to capture, in marble, the essence of a narrative moment with a dramatic naturalistic realism which was almost shocking. This ensured that he effectively became the successor of Michelangelo, far outshining other sculptors of his generation, including his rival, Alessandro Algardi. His talent extended beyond the confines of his sculpture to consideration of the setting in which it would be situated; his ability to synthesise sculpture, painting and architecture into a coherent conceptual and visual whole has been termed by the art historian Irving Lavin the "unity of the visual arts". A deeply religious man, working in Counter Reformation Rome, Bernini used light as an important metaphorical device in the perception of his religious settings, often using hidden light sources that could intensify the focus of religious worship, or enhance the dramatic moment of a sculptural narrative. Bernini was also a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture along with his contemporaries, the architect, Francesco Borromini and the painter and architect, Pietro da Cortona. Early in their careers they had all worked at the same time at the Palazzo Barberini, initially under Carlo Maderno and on his death, under Bernini. Later on, however, they were in competition for commissions and fierce rivalries developed, particularly between Bernini and Borromini. Despite the arguably greater architectural inventiveness of Borromini and Cortona, Bernini's artistic pre-eminence, particularly during the reigns of popes Urban VIII (1623--1644) and Alexander VII (1655--1665), meant he was able to secure the most important commission in the Rome of his day, St. Peter's Basilica. His design of the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica is one of his most innovative and successful architectural designs. Sculptures By Gian Lorenzo Bernini Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni (c. 1613--1616) Marble, life-size, Santa Prassede, Rome The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun (1615) Marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome A Faun Teased by Children (1616--1617) Marble, height 132,1 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1617) Marble, 66 x 108 cm, Contini Bonacossi Collection, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence St. Sebastian (1617--1618) Marble, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid Bust of Pope Paul V (1618) Marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1618--1619) Marble, height 220 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome Bust of Giovanni Vigevano (1618--1631) Marble tomb, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome Damned Soul (1619) Palazzo di Spagna, Rome Blessed Soul (1619) Palazzo di Spagna, Rome Neptune and Triton (1620) Marble, height 182,2 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya (c. 1621) Marble, life-size, Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome The Rape of Proserpina (1621--1622) Marble, height 295 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome Bust of Antonio Cepparelli (1622) Marble, Museo di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome Apollo and Daphne (1622--1625) Marble, height 243 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome David (1623--1624) Marble, height 170 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome St. Peter's Baldachin (1624) Bronze, partly gilt, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City Fontana del Tritone (1624--1643) Travertine, over life-size, Piazza Barberini, Rome Charity with Four Children (1627--1628) Terracotta, height 39 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican Fontana della Barcaccia (1627--1628) Marble, Piazza di Spagna, Rome Tomb of Pope Urban VIII (1627--1647) Golden bronze and marble, figures larger than life-size, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City Saint Longinus (1631--1638) Marble, height 450 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City Two Busts of Scipione Borghese (1632) Marble, height 78 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome Bust of Pope Urban VIII (1632--1633) Bronze, height 100 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City Charity with Two Children (1634) Terracotta, height 41.6 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City Bust of Costanza Bonarelli (c. 1635) Marble, height 70 cm, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Bust of Thomas Baker (1638) Marble, height 81,6 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London