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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

The Michelangelo of his century

He was born on 7 December 1598 in Naples and was recognized as a prodigy by age eight.[1] The assertive, triumphal, and self-defensive spirit of the Counter Reformation Catholic Church is often seen as perfectly expressed in Bernini's works.[2]

Quick Facts

Born
7 December 1598
Birthplace
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died
28 November 1680
Place of death
Rome, Papal States
Field
  • Sculpture
  • painting
  • architecture
Movement
Baroque style
Patron
Cardinal Scipione Borghese

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Bernini moved to Rome in 1606 when his father received a papal commission.[3] He gained the attention of Cardinal Scipione Borghese and Pope Paul V after improvising a sketch of Saint Paul.[4][5] Under Pope Urban VIII, Bernini enjoyed near monopolistic patronage and secured major commissions at St. Peter's Basilica.[6][7] Bernini also created the Four Rivers Fountain on Piazza Navona after a brief period of disgrace.[8][9]

His Cornaro Chapel integrated sculpture, architecture, and lighting into a unified work.[10] In 1665, Bernini traveled to Paris to work for King Louis XIV on the Louvre.[11] His designs for the Louvre were ultimately rejected for utilitarian reasons.[12][13] Bernini remained active until two weeks before his death from a stroke.[14]

He created the Baldacchino, a gilded bronze canopy with spiraling columns, positioned above the tomb of St Peter.[7]

What the cited sources add

Bernini's sculptures convey psychological energy and physical details, for instance Daphne's mouth being wide open.[15]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gale, "Encyclopedia of World Biography", 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For a more nuanced, cautious discussion of the traditional hagiographic view of Bernini as "fervent Catholic" and of his art as simply a direct manifestation of; Regarding Hibbard's classic book on Bernini (Bernini [New York: Penguin, 1965]), often cited as a leading authority, though still a valuable resource, it has ne (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Posèq 2006, p. 161–190; Mormando 2011, p. 98, 100 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For the newly rediscovered bust of the Savior, see Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Bust of the Savior. With an essay by Andrea Bacchi, New York: Andrew Butterf (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Franco Mormando, ed. and trans., Domenico Bernini, Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, University Park, Penn State Univ. Press, 2011, p. 98. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Franco Mormando, ed. and trans., Domenico Bernini, Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, University Park, Penn State Univ. Press, 2011, p. 111. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For the conversion of 17th-century Roman scudi into 21st-century U.S. dollars, see F. Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome (Chicago: University of Chicago P; Mormando 2011, p. 98, 100 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For Bernini's work on nave and the Alexander VII quotation, see F. Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome, respectively pp. 149–50 and 328.; Mormando 2011, p. 98, 100; For Bernini's successful behind-the-scenes manoeuvring to secure the fountain commission, see F. Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome, pp. 170-74. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hibbard 1990, p. 117 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Irving Lavin, Bernini and the Unity of the Visual Arts (New York: Morgan Library and Oxford University Press, 1980), p. 107. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: See Cecil Gould, Bernini in France: An Episode in Seventeenth-Century History, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982.; Zarucchi 2013, p. 356–70 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cecil Gould, Bernini in France: An Episode in Seventeenth-century History, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. For more recent treatments of the sa (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome, pp. 255–56, emphasis added. Another issue of concern was the fact that Bernini's plan would have called for the demoli; Zarucchi 2006, p. 32–38 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For the Albertoni commission, see F. Mormando, Domenico Bernini's Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (University Park: Penn State Univ. Press, 2011), pp. 411–412, nn. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  15. Wikipedia, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dewald, "Europe 1450 to 1789 : encyclopedia of the early modern world", Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Gian Lorenzo Bernini (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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