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bernini: double down failure

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Dave

Bernini’s trip to France was a double failure. Not only was the sculptor unable to impose his artistic views upon the Frenchand at the same time letting his frustration morph into a contempt and endless cycle of provocation and manifestations … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bernini and Louis XIV, Bernini Sculptures, Claude Perrault architect, Francois Girardon, Janson, Janson History of Art, Jean Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Merritt Janson, Robert Hughs, Simon Schama | Leave a comment

bernini: it ought to rock him

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Dave

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 →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bernini Counter Reformation, Bernini portrait of Thomas Baker, Bernini sculpture Rome, Bernini St. Peter's, Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Cardinal Barberini, Cardinal Richelieu, Janson, Janson History of Art, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Merritt Janson, Michelangelo, Michelangelo and Julius II, pope Urban VIII, Robert Hughes, Simon Schama, Thomas Baker Bernini | Leave a comment

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