Gian Lorenzo

Bernini

Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (UK: /bɛərˈniːni/, US: /bərˈ-/, Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso ber
ˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor
and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the
leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. As one scholar
has commented, "What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture: the first pan-
European sculptor whose name is instantaneously identifiable with a particular manner and
vision, and whose influence was inordinately powerful ..."[1] In addition, he was a painter (mostly
small canvases in oil) and a man of the theater: he wrote, directed and acted in plays (mostly
Carnival satires), for which he designed stage sets and theatrical machinery. He produced
designs as well for a wide variety of decorative art objects including lamps, tables, mirrors, and
even coaches.
 Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Self-portrait of Bernini, c. 1623, Galleria Borghese, Rome

Born Gian Lorenzo Bernini

7 December 1598
Naples, Kingdom of Naples

Died 28 November 1680 (aged 81)

Rome, Papal States

Known for List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Notable work David, Apollo and Daphne, The Rape of

Proserpina, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Movement Baroque style

As an architect and city planner, he designed secular buildings, churches, chapels, and public
squares, as well as massive works combining both architecture and sculpture, especially
elaborate public fountains and funerary monuments and a whole series of temporary structures
(in stucco and wood) for funerals and festivals. His broad technical versatility, boundless
compositional inventiveness and sheer skill in manipulating marble ensured that he would be
considered a worthy successor of Michelangelo, far outshining other sculptors of his generation.
His talent extended beyond the confines of sculpture to a consideration of the setting in which it
would be situated; his ability to synthesize sculpture, painting, and architecture into a coherent
conceptual and visual whole has been termed by the late art historian Irving Lavin the "unity of
the visual arts".[2]

Biography

Selected works

Gallery

References

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ay isang Italyano na iskultor
at arkitekto. Habang isang pangunahing figure sa mundo ng arkitektura, siya ay mas kitang-kita ang
nangungunang iskultor sa kanyang edad, na kinilala sa paglikha ng istilong Baroque ng iskultura. Bilang isang
iskolar
ay nagkomento, "Ano ang drama ni Shakespeare, maaaring si Bernini ay sa iskultura: ang unang pan
European sculptor na ang pangalan ay agad na nakikilala sa isang partikular na paraan at
pangitain, at ang impluwensya nito ay napakalakas ..."
[1]
Bilang karagdagan, siya ay isang pintor (karamihan
maliliit na canvases sa langis) at isang tao ng teatro: sumulat siya, nagdirekta at umarte sa mga dula
(karamihan
Carnival satires), kung saan nagdisenyo siya ng mga stage set at theatrical machinery. Nagproduce siya
mga disenyo pati na rin para sa iba't ibang uri ng pandekorasyon na mga bagay na sining kabilang ang mga
lamp, mesa, salamin, at
kahit mga coach.