Bernini Marble Sculpture

Crafted in the early 17th century this marble sculpture illustrates several of bernini s strong suits including his mastery of anatomy and ability to evoke both dynamism and drama.

Bernini marble sculpture.

Bernini was a deeply religious catholic and created his first work at. Apollo and daphne is a life sized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1622 and 1625 housed in the galleria borghese in rome the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses. Bernini s sensual awareness of the surface textures of skin and hair and his novel sense of shading broke with the tradition of michelangelo and marked the emergence of a new period in. It depicts the abduction of proserpina who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god pluto.

His body is twisted and his facial expression is one of concentration and tension. The word rape is the traditional translation of the latin raptus seized or. Bernini s sculpture of david depicts the biblical moment just before the young man threw the stone that slew the giant goliath an action that would make him king. 7 december 1598 28 november 1680 was an italian sculptor and architect.

B ər ˈ italian. Marble sculpture palazzo di spagna rome. These marble works show an unparalleled virtuosity in carving that obdurate material to achieve the delicate effects usually found only in bronze sculptures. Ratto di proserpina is a large baroque marble sculptural group by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1621 and 1622 bernini was only 23 years old at its completion.

Gian lorenzo bernini david 1623 24 marble 170 cm galleria borghese rome photo. Giovanni lorenzo bernini was born in 1598 the sixth of thirteen children of angelica galante and pietro bernini. Gian lorenzo or gianlorenzo bernini b ɛər ˈ n iː n i also us. Salvador fornell cc by nc nd 2 0 empathy bernini s david is like a major league pitcher winding up to throw a 95 miles an hour fastball.

Bernini s childhood was spent in naples and he began sculpting from an early age working closely with his father a successful mannerist sculptor who carried out prestigious commissions in naples and later rome. While a major figure in the world of architecture he was also and even more prominently the leading sculptor of his age credited with creating the baroque style. The sculptor of the roman baroque. The following is a list of works of sculpture architecture and painting by the italian baroque artist gian lorenzo bernini the numbering follows rudolph wittkower s catalogue first published in 1955 in gian lorenzo bernini.

While these achievements continue to garner praise for the sculptor today its unsavory subject matter has cast a controversial shadow over the work though it remains a quintessential highlight of both the.