Tag Archives: John Rupert Martin

bernini: don’t let the sun king go down on him

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Dave

Bernini’s six months at the French court. A total failure. The artist who believed his gifts came from god would inevitably clash with a king who considered himself crowned by god. A collision of two forms of divine right as … Continue reading →

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Bernini:smoothing the bump on the bourbon shnoz

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Dave

With Bernini perhaps the roots of heaven were made of stone. But Bernini and his short sejour in France at the behest of Louis XIV, was something short of heavenly and the divine…. …Nor could Bernini adjust to the customs … Continue reading →

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bernini and the brief french kiss

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Dave

Bernini spent nearly six months at the French court, but except for a marble bust of the king, which had been commissioned as an afterthought, the trip was a failure. It was a foregone conclusion that an artist who believed … Continue reading →

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