Bernini Marble Influences

7 december 1598 28 november 1680 was an italian sculptor and architect.

Bernini marble influences.

Particularly in bernini s architectural works one can say he was quite ahead of his time combining. 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. 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. Giovanni lorenzo bernini was born in 1598 the sixth of thirteen children of angelica galante and pietro bernini. Steven zucker smarthistory images for teaching and learning.

Gian lorenzo or gianlorenzo bernini b ɛər ˈ n iː n i also us. A faun teased by children is a marble sculpture by italian artists gian lorenzo bernini and his father pietro bernini. He was strongly influenced by his close study of the antique. It is currently in the metropolitan museum of art in new york.

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. While a major figure in the world of architecture he was also and even more prominently the leading sculptor of his age credited with creating the baroque style.