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16 hours ago · Monika explores Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "The Abduction of Proserpina," a captivating sculpture with timeless themes and masterful technique, exclusively for Different Truths. Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "The Rape of Proserpina" (more accurately translated as "The Abduction of Proserpina") is a baroque ballet of passion, struggle, and the inevitable grip of fate. It stands beautifully carved in
6 days ago · Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculptures are located throughout Rome, both in museums and in public spaces. You’ll walk the Eternal City for an eternal number of steps during your visit; but if you want to take advantage of Rome’s metro, we’ll name the closest stations near each Bernini piece. See also: our guide to Italy’s trains and Rome’s metros.
2 days ago · Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, and Carlo Maderno, with piazza and fittings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is one of the most renowned works of Italian Renaissance architecture and is the largest church in the world by interior measure.
May 11, 2024 · Italian Baroque sculpture is renowned for its dramatic intensity and emotional depth, epitomized by the works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Michelangelo Buonarroti. These sculptors, although separated by about a century, each left an indelible mark on the history of art through their innovative approaches and masterful use of marble.
6 days ago · David By Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1623-1624, 170 cm (67 in), White Marble, (Galleria Borghese Art gallery in Rome, Italy) Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s “David” stands as a masterful testament to masculinity and virtù in Baroque sculpture.
Apr 30, 2024 · Restoration work has begun on the baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Workers will scale the scaffolding surrounding the 92-feet-high canopy each day to meticulously clean the dust and grime that has darkened the baldacchino over the centuries. Workers at the baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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