Appreciation Of The Sculpture Of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Appreciation Of The Sculpture Of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Who was he to me?

At started looking at Bernini’s work at the suggestion of a friend, and it became quite an exploration. I would describe his work a flamboyant, with its highly worked realistic style. I find the following extract from “The Art Story” useful to place his work in context:

Bernini was also a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture along with his contemporaries, the architect Francesco Borromini and the painter and architect Pietro da Cortona. His designs helped restore Rome to its former architectural glory through an extensive urban planning project taken on under his patronage by the powerful Roman Popes of the time.

The Art Story: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, URL Viewed 14/03/2013
The sculpture of Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
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The sculpture of Edgar Degas (1834–1917)

Who was he to me?

I have been aware of, and appreciated, Degas’ work for quite a while. This is why I decided to start adding articles about particular artists. Along the way, in December 2017, I managed to get to the Degas: A Passion for Perfection exhibition, where I saw a bronze of the “little dancer” along with both his work and the work he had collected from other artists. He was primarily a painter with only “little dancer” exhibited as a sculpture during his lifetime.