The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the ...

Comparing Bernini's work with that of Michelangelo, born a century-plus earlier, clarifies the shift from renaissance to baroque art. Michelangelo's figures are classically composed; even the ...

Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture. The Getty Center has put together the first major Bernini exhibition in the U.S.  ...

“Bernini and the Roman Baroque: Masterpieces From Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia” showcases works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini as well as dozens of fellow artists from the Roman Baroque, circa 1600-1700 ...

For a more in-depth examination of Bernini, the Baroque period, and the exhibition listen to Curator’s Talks by Daniel Fulco. The first, recorded on July 15, can be found on our YouTube page.

But then there is Bernini -- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), the brilliant and prolific sculptor, architect and painter who more or less invented Italian Baroque art.

This post has been updated. Please see below for details. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has acquired its first work by the great Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini – the bust of ...

Baroque Mastery at the Rijksmuseum The Crowning with Thorns , c. 1603, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Inv. no. 307) Share Comments Listen ...

♪♪ Embracing the theatrical nature of Baroque art, Bernini turned this chapel into a theater. In fact, the members of the family who paid for the art got to look on from the VIP box.