Friday, August 26, 2011

Sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo
Bernini
Italian Baroque sculptor, restorer, draftsman, painter, architect,
designer & playwright
born 1598 - died 1680
Born in: Naples (Napoli, Campania, Italy).
Died in: Rome (Lazio, Italy).

  
Apollo and Daphne
Marble, 1622-1625
95 5/8 x 0 inches (243 x 00 cm)
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

 Apollo and Daphne [detail]
Marble, 1622-1625
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

 The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Marble, 1647-1652
Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
  

 Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV
Terracotta, 1669-1670
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

Altar Cross
Gilt bronze corpus on bronze cross, 1657-1661
Treasury of San Pietro, Vatican
  

The Throne of Saint Peter
Marble, bronze, white and golden stucco, 1657-1666
San Pietro, Rome
  

Daniel and the Lion
Marble, 1650
Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
  

 Truth
Marble, 1645-1652
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

Bust of Cardinal Armand de Richelieu
Marble, 1640-1641
Mus? du Louvre, Paris
  

Bust of Constanza Bonarelli
Marble, c.1635
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
  

Bust of Pope Urban VIII
Marble, 1632-1633
Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican
  

 David [detail: 1]
Marble, 1623-1624
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

Apollo and Daphne [detail: 3]
Marble, 1622-1625
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

 Rape of Proserpine [detail: 1]
Marble, 1621-1622
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

The Rape of Proserpine
Marble, 1621-1622
Galleria Borghese, Rome
   

The Rape of Proserpine [detail: 2]
Marble, 1621-1622
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

The Rape of Proserpine [detail: 3]
Marble, 1621-1622
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

The Rape of Proserpine [detail: 4]
Marble, 1621-1622
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

 Tomb of Pope Urban VIII [detail]
Marble, 1627-1647
Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican
  


 David
Marble, 1623-1624
66 7/8 x 0 inches (170 x 00 cm)
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

 Tomb of Pope Urban VIII
Golden bronze and marble, 1627-1647
Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican
  

 Tomb of Pope Urban VIII [detail]
Golden bronze and marble, 1627-1647
Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican
  

 Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius [detail: 1]
Marble, 1618-1619
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children
Marble, 1616-1617
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan
  

 The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun
Marble, 1615
Galleria Borghese, Rome


 Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
Marble, 1671-1678
St Peter's, Rome
  
  
 Tomb of Pope Alexander VII [detail of Charity]
Marble, 1671-1678
St Peter's, Rome


 Tomb of Pope Alexander VII [detail of Death]
Marble and bronze, 1671-1678
St Peter's, Rome
  

 The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa [detail]
Marble, 1647-1652
Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
  

Aeneas and Anchises
Marble, 1618-1619
86 1/2 x 0 inches (220 x 00 cm)
Galleria Borghese, Rome
  

 Altar of the Cappella del Sacramento
Marble and bronze
St Peter's, Rome
  
Image:Bernini fountain.JPG
  
Bernini fountain 
 Three Colors Blue Bande Originale Du Film
  
[Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598.12.7~1680.11.28]
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