Bernini in a sentence

Also, there is a short biographical narrative, The Vita Brevis of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, written by his eldest son, Monsignor Pietro Filippo Bernini, in the mid-1670s.

Bernini in France, an episode in Seventeenth Century History, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1981 Bernini's popularity was such that on his walks in Paris the streets were lined with admiring crowds.

For a list and discussion of important sources for Bernini's life, see Franco Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 7–11.

For a more careful, considered summary by a Bernini scholar, see Franco Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011, pp. 80-83.

However, Bernini fell out of favor during the papacy of Innocent X Pamphili : one reason was the pope's animosity towards the Barberini and hence towards their clients including Bernini.

The most complete edition of Bernini drawings remains Heinrich Brauer and Rudolf Wittkower, Die Ziechnungen des Gianlorenzo Bernini, Berlin: Verlag Heinrich Keller, 1931, reprinted New York: Collectors Edition, 1970.

The font was created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who was commissioned by Pope Innocent X in 1645 to complete the decoration of the pilasters and chapels.

As the newlyweds prepared to leave the church, a performance was given by Carlo Bernini, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Also very useful is Ann Sutherland Harris, Selected Drawings of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, New York: Dover, 1977.

Another issue of concern was the fact that Bernini's plan would have called for the demolition of older portions of the Louvre contrary to royal wishes.

A number of Bernini's sculptures show the continual evolution of his ability to capture the utterly distinctive personal characteristics that he saw in his sitters.

Bernini designed the entire chapel, a subsidiary space along the side of the church, for the Cornaro family.

Bernini had decorated the gate with Christina's coat of arms (an ear of corn) beneath that of Pope Alexander (six mountains with a star above).

Bernini materializes this by placing St. Theresa on a butt while a Cupid figure holds a golden arrow made of metal and smiles down at her.

Bernini’s career showed a greater focus on designing buildings (and their immediate surroundings) during this pontificate, as there were far greater opportunities.

Bernini's David is another stirring example of this.

Bernini's design of the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica is one of his most innovative and successful architectural designs.

Bernini 's Ecstasy of St. Teresa Saint Theresa, the focal point of the chapel, is a soft white marble statue surrounded by a polychromatic marble architectural framing.

Bernini's projects were essentially rooted in the Italian Baroque urbanist tradition of relating public buildings to their settings, often leading to innovative architectural expression in urban spaces like piazze or squares.

Bernini's reputation, however, was definitively established by four masterpieces, executed between 1619 and 1625, all now displayed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.