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Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and city planner. Bernini's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as a uomo universale or Renaissance man. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture.
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culture · Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680) · sculptor · artist · painter · architect · architectural drafter · designer · also Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Gianlorenzo Bernin, Cavaliere Gian Lorenzo Bernino, Cavr. Gian Lorenzo Bernino
Born 7 December 1598 · Died 28 November 1680 · Q160538
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There have been numerous Bernini exhibitions throughout the world, especially in Europe and North America, on all aspects of his work, expanding our knowledge of his work and its influence
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Best-selling novelist, Dan Brown, made Bernini and several of his Roman works, the centrepiece of his political thriller, Angels & Demons, while British novelist Iain Pears made a missing Bernini bust the centrepiece of
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There have been numerous Bernini exhibitions throughout the world, especially in Europe and North America, on all aspects of his work, expanding our knowledge of his work and its influence
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And featuring the giant Louvre Pyramid in glass
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Died 1680-11-28.
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Born 1598-12-07.
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