14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.) The Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini was only 23 years old when he was was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese to create Ratto di Proserpina (Rape of Proserpina ...
A view of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture "The Rape of Proserpina", on display at the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy, on Monday, . Photo: Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP ...
Anche i meno preparati sulla storia dell’arte non possono non restare incantati di fronte a opere di indiscutibile bellezza. Come il Ratto di Proserpina, una delle meravigliose opere realizzate da ...
Corriere della Sera: Apollo e Dafne di Bernini: perché certi amori ci sembrano vicinissimi e lontanissimi nello stesso tempo
Esattamente quattrocento anni fa, nel 1625, Gian Lorenzo Bernini dava gli ultimi ritocchi a uno dei gruppi scultorei più famosi al mondo, Apollo e Dafne, oggi nella Galleria Borghese di Roma. Non ...
Apollo e Dafne di Bernini: perché certi amori ci sembrano vicinissimi e lontanissimi nello stesso tempo
Artnet: Why Louis XIV Said ‘Non’ to Bernini’s Over-the-Top Vision for the Louvre
Why Louis XIV Said ‘Non’ to Bernini’s Over-the-Top Vision for the Louvre
For centuries, art has stylised violence against women - and called it beauty. Proserpina (or Persephone) frees herself from Pluto's grip and leads us through masterpieces from antiquity to the ...
ROME – A chapel in a Rome church that is home to a Baroque sculptural masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been made even more dazzling after restoration. Art and restoration specialists presented ...