Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian sculptor , b. 1598, Napoli, d. 1680, Roma
GO HOME
GO HOME
GO HOME

       Previo  1  2
  Artista Previo       Próximo Artista     

 

Gian Lorenzo Bernini The Assumption oil painting


The Assumption
Pintura Identificación::  62359
Vea nuestra galería en Suecia
The Assumption
1607-10 Marble Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome This relief was commissioned for the sacristy of the Santa Maria Maggiore. Inspired by contemporary paintings of the subject (particularly by Ludovico Carracci), Pietro Bernini's relief illustrates his virtuoso marble-carving ability and his exploitation of pictorial affects, more skills that he passed on to his son, the young Gianlorenzo. At the same time the relief is rooted in an approach to relief sculpture which differs little from the famous scenes of the life of the Virgin by the fourteenth-century Florentine sculpture Andrea Orcagna. We find in this composition the sharp linear drapery style and the extreme tenseness of the figures that characterize Pietro's art, never entirely freed from the Mannerist limitations of his training. The work, however, is one of the earliest examples of the pictorial relief altarpieces that were to be popular during the 17th century
1607-10_Marble_Santa_Maria_Maggiore,_Rome_This_relief_was_commissioned_for_the_sacristy_of_the_Santa_Maria_Maggiore._Inspired_by_contemporary_paintings_of_the_subject_(particularly_by_Ludovico_Carracci),_Pietro_Bernini's_relief_illustrates_his_virtuoso_marble-carving_ability_and_his_exploitation_of_pictorial_affects,_more_skills_that_he_passed_on_to_his_son,_the_young_Gianlorenzo._At_the_same_time_the_relief_is_rooted_in_an_approach_to_relief_sculpture_which_differs_little_from_the_famous_scenes_of_the_life_of_the_Virgin_by_the_fourteenth-century_Florentine_sculpture_Andrea_Orcagna._We_find_in_this_composition_the_sharp_linear_drapery_style_and_the_extreme_tenseness_of_the_figures_that_characterize_Pietro's_art,_never_entirely_freed_from_the_Mannerist_limitations_of_his_training._The_work,_however,_is_one_of_the_earliest_examples_of_the_pictorial_relief_altarpieces_that_were_to_be_popular_during_the_17th_century
   
   
     

       Previo  1  2
Artista Previo       Próximo Artista     

     Gian Lorenzo Bernini
     Italian sculptor , b. 1598, Napoli, d. 1680, Roma

Email:    intofineart@hotmail.com

IntoFineArt Co,.Ltd.