A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history.
After centuries in a private collection and hidden under a dense layer of overpainting, a Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpture is finally coming to light at Rijksmuseum. Its arrival at the Amsterdam ...
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was said to have been only 8 when he carved a stone head that "was the marvel of everyone" who saw it, according to a contemporary biographer. He was not much older when he ...
The twisted body of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s David—muscles taut, brow furrowed in concentration, as he is poised to release the stone that will defeat Goliath—must have been an impressive enough ...
A quick search for “things to see in Paris” will provide you instantly with a list of world-famous buildings, from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower. But topping those lists is, invariably, the Louvre, ...
ROME (AP) — A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history, one that propelled a young prodigy named Gian Lorenzo Bernini into a ...