Gian Lorenzo Bernini, also Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, was one of the most important artists of the Baroque. He was not only a painter, but also a sculptor and architect. Born in Naples in 1598, he belonged to a generation with René Descartes and Oliver Cromwell and also lived during the Renaissance and Reformation. Giovanni Bernini played a decisive role in the development of Baroque sculpture and architecture in Rome.
Giovanni is said to have been a child prodigy. He received his first training in sculpture in the studio of his father Pietro Bernini. His father recognized the extraordinary talent of his son and so Giovanni was allowed to produce his own sculptures at the age of eight years. He also attracted the attention of the Pope and received his first papal commission at the age of eleven. Throughout his life Bernini worked for eight different popes. Due to his special talent and the perfection of his sculptures, he was widely known early in his life, not only in Italy.
He was able to carve his figures into the stone particularly quickly and without any auxiliary construction or calculation. The special surface design also made the figures look very real. Pope Urban VIII became one of Bernini's most important patrons and even entrusted him with the supervision of the construction work in St. Peter's. "You are made for Rome and Rome is made for you," Urban is said to have said to him.
Bernini was a truly universal artist whose artistic heritage had a decisive influence on the European Baroque. At the age of 66 he travelled to Paris, where he was in charge of the redesign of the Louvre. Bernini died at the age of 81 in Rome. He was buried there in the church Santa Maria Maggiore.
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.jpg "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, Head of the Saint (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Portrait of Pietro da Cortona by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "David, 1623-24 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "A Lion Licking the Foot of Daniel (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Statue of St. Longinus, at the Base of the Four Pillars Supporting the Dome, 1631-38 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Facade of the church, built c.1625 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Truth Unveiled by Time (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "View of the canopy of the master altar designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter")
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.jpg "Charity, from the Tomb of Urban VIII (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Personification of Ganges River (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Bust of Louis XIV, Salon de Diane, Grand Apartment, Chateau de Versailles, France, 17th Century by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Cornaro Chapel, Altar with The Ecstasy of St. Teresa (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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_detail_of_marble_decoration_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110152).jpg "San Marco (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Bust of Gabrielle Fonseca (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Putti Carrying the Cross by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Fountain of the Four Rivers, River Danube (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Angel Carrying a Cross, from the Ponte St Angelo, Rome, Italy, 1669 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "The Fountain of the Four Rivers (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Head of Medusa, 1630 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Bust of Louis XIV, King of France by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Saints Andrew and Thomas by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Design for the Tomb of Pope Alexander VII in Saint Peter")
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.jpg "The Fountain of the Four Rivers (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "The Baldacchino, the High Altar and the Chair of St. Peter by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Room of Emperors with Rape of Proserpina in centre, Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "View of the Piazza by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "View Inside the Colonnade by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Third Project for the Palais du Louvre, Paris: East Façade Elevation and Principal Entrance to the Palace from the Saint Germain Side by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Angel from the tabernacle in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, 1674 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Elephant Bearing an Egyptian Obelisk, 1667 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Angel Carrying the Crown of Thorns by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "St Augustine (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Interior with View of Sculpted Angels by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-603756).jpg "Triton with a Sea Serpent by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "The Moro Fountain (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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_-_Black_chalk_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003759).jpg "Portrait of Ottaviano Castelli by Bernini, Gianlorenzo (1598-1680) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Alternative Proposal for the Facade of Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Self-portrait by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "David (detail) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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_and_the_angel_(Th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062810).jpg "The prophet Habakkuk and the angel by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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.jpg "Bust of Camilla Barbadori, Mother of Pope Urban VIII Barberini by Gian Lorenzo Bernini")
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