The son of a sculptor, Bernini (1598-1680), had a long and prolific ... for which Bernini conceived 10 statues of angels bearing emblems of Jesus’ torture and crucifixion. The two statues ...

The bust depicts Jesus with long, curling hair, looking serenely outward and stretching out his hand as if in blessing. The renowned Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s famous sculpture ...

Like that grand piazza, which Bernini designed in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the enormous marble sculptures for which the artist is best known are for all practical purposes ...

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

The trigger for this post is the publication of a new book on Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “Bernini’s Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini.” The author, Emory University art ...

From his dramatic design for St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City to his remarkably lifelike sculptures of popes and European nobility, 17th century artist and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini ...

The next time you are flying through Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport you can see Jesus at Terminal 1. The renowned Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s famous sculpture Salvator ...