BerniniSculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy. He has left his greatest mark on Rome where Papal patronage provided him with enormous architectural commissions. |
Contents
The Prodigy | |
Bernini in Command | |
Disaster and Triumph | |
Two Churches and St Peters | |
Le Cavalier en France | x |
The Late Works | xxiv |
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Aeneas Alessandro Algardi Alexander VII Algardi Alinari altar angels Annibale Carracci antique Antonio Raggi Apollo and Daphne Apollo Belvedere architecture Ariccia artistic Baldacchino Baldinucci Barberini Baroque Bozzetto Caravaggio Cardinal Scipione Borghese carved Cathedra Chantelou Chigi Chapel church classical colonnades colour commission Constantine contemporary contrast Cornaro Chapel David decoration Detail of plate Domenico Bernini drapery early Ecstasy of St emotion Ercole Ferrata executed façade figure finished Fonseca fountain Francesco Galleria Borghese gilt bronze Giovanni Bologna Guido Reni Habakkuk Italian Longinus Louis XIV Louvre Ludovica Albertoni marble Michelangelo models Montoya monument Museum photo Neptune niche obelisk painter painting palace Palazzo papal Paris Piazza Pietro Pluto and Persephone Pope Pope-Hennessy portrait portraiture Poussin realistic religious Renaissance Renzetti Roman Rome Sant'Andrea al Quirinale Santa Bibiana Santa Maria Scala Regia sculpture space St Peter's St Teresa statue symbol tomb traditional Triton Urban VIII Vatican vision Wittkower