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 ...
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
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 ...
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (UK: / bɛərˈniːni /, US: / bərˈ -/; Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso berˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and city planner. Bernini's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as a uomo universale or Renaissance man. While a major figure in ...
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who was perhaps the greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well. Bernini created the Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that other artists are of only minor importance in a discussion of that style.