Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:
Baroque
Date and Place of Birth:
December 7, 1598, Naples
Life:
A classic "Type-A" personality, Bernini lived a long, passionately creative life. He was a child prodigy who attracted Papal patronage before the age of 20. While in Rome, over the course of the next 60 years, he was Architect of St. Peters (it was he who designed those arms around the "Square") and is the one person responsible for Rome becoming a "City of Fountains". While best known for his monumental Baroque (verging on Rococo) sculpture, Bernini was also an architect and a gifted painter.
Important Works:
- The Rape of Persephone, 1621-22
- David, 1623
- The Baldacchino, 1624
- The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647-52
- Tomb of Pope Alexander VII, 1671-78
Date and Place of Death:
November 28, 1680, Rome
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