The Achievements of Bernini Gianlorenzo

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This paper discusses the achievements of Bernini Gianlorenzo, who was a superbly talented Baroque sculptor and architect. The paper shows how Bernini's combination of great talent in multiple fields, spirituality and versatility all combined to give him a range and a quality which helped to make his work outstanding. It particularly focuses on his best known work - his marble "Ecstasy of St. Teresa."

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"As we have seen, Bernini's combination of great talent in multiple fields, spirituality, and versatility all combined to give him a range and a quality which helped to make him outstanding not only among his peers, but for all time. Moreover, his incredible talent with stone enabled him to give the appearance of life and movement to cold hard marble. To this day, we cannot look at his Ecstasy of St. Teresa without feeling some of the ecstasy, and feeling that we too might one day ascend to commune with God."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Daniells, Roy. Milton, Mannerism and Baroque. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963.
• Martin, John Rupert. Baroque. New York: unknown, 1977.
• Varriano, John. Italian Baroque and Rococo Architecture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

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