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bernini: it ought to rock him
Bernini: behold the roots of heaven. They are made of stone… In 1623 Cardinal Barberini became Pope Urban VIII and, according to a probably apocryphal anecdote, told Bernini: “it is your great good luck, Cavaliere, to see Maffeo Barberini pope. … Continue reading →
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pluto and titanium men
Al this, as his critics have shown, in Pluto and Prosperina, where god is carrying off a terrified maiden, flesh yielding beneath his grasp is quintessential Bernini: highly theatrical sculpture of overstatement. Bernini’s oen grasp towards the heaven whereby the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bernini, Bernini Counter Reformation, Bernini Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Bernini sculpture Rome, Cardinal Barberini, Cornaro Church, Cornaro church Santa Maria della Vittoria, Cornaro family Rome, Janson History of Art, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Merritt Janson, Pedro de Foix Montoya, Robert Hughes, Simon Schama
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