Bernini Marble Influences

It is currently in the metropolitan museum of art in new york.

Bernini marble influences. 7 december 1598 28 november 1680 was an italian sculptor and architect. B ər ˈ italian. Beth harris and dr. Bernini was a deeply religious catholic and created his first work at.

Gian lorenzo bernini apollo and daphne 1622 25 carrera marble 243 cm high galleria borghese rome a conversation with dr. Steven zucker smarthistory images for teaching and learning. Gian lorenzo or gianlorenzo bernini b ɛər ˈ n iː n i also us. Giovanni lorenzo bernini was born in 1598 the sixth of thirteen children of angelica galante and pietro bernini.

It was executed in 1616 and 1617 when gian lorenzo was not yet twenty years old. Though the baroque and bernini along with it went out of fashion for a long period of time in the 20th century bernini was rediscovered as a true master of realism and emotion earning a renewed respect and influence on a new generation of artists which continues up to this day. Particularly in bernini s architectural works one can say he was quite ahead of his time combining. He was strongly influenced by his close study of the antique.

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. Bernini s career began under his father pietro bernini a florentine sculptor of some talent who ultimately moved to rome the young prodigy worked so diligently that he earned the praise of the painter annibale carracci and the patronage of pope paul v and soon established himself as a wholly independent sculptor.