Introduction of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculptures are very famous. Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian: Gian Lorenzo Bernini; also known as Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680) was born in Florence, Naples, and came to Rome with his father Peter Bernini (a famous sculptor of mannerism) to show his talent.
Benigni is an Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and an early outstanding baroque artist. Benini’s main achievements are sculpture and architectural design. In addition, he is also a painter, draftsman, stage designer, fireworks maker and funeral designer.
Pluto and Proselpina
In Pluto and Proselpina, Benini achieved a realistic effect by carving hard marble: the texture of skin, flying hair and hair bands, and Proselpina’s tears, all together shaping a fresh girl. Breaking the stereotypes since the Renaissance sculpture marks the arrival of a new era in the history of Western sculpture.
Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Apollo and Daphne tells a story: When Apollo saw Daphne, he fell in love with her at first sight, pursued her crazily, and panicked Daphne turned to her father to turn her into a laurel tree. Benini is good at expressing dramatic plots and human bodies in fierce movement. In his works, Benini meticulously depicts two characters who are chasing and trapped in love.
The Artistic Characteristics of Benini Sculpture
Michelangelo’s sculpture works have a relatively constant and quiet style. Because in the expression method of sculpture creation, it is impossible to make the images created by sculpture change with time. But Benini likes to create sculptures by grasping the instant expression, posture and emotion of the characters.
For example, in The Madness of Santa Theresa, this is a lying female image with an angel holding a spear on the top. The tip of the spear is aimed at the female body. Benigni paid great attention to the expression of the characters’ expressions when creating. The nuns in the sculpture opened their mouths slightly and frowned, showing a state of great pain and joy. In addition, the folds of the nun’s clothes were also carefully handled by him, and the clothes showed a state of overall weightlessness. It perfectly interprets the moment of nun’s pain and ecstasy, and the selection of marble material highlights Bernini’s profound sculpture skills.
The meaning of gian lorenzo bernini sculptures
Benigni’s promotion of garden sculpture is of positive significance. He demonstrated the baroque dynamic and special artistic form, which was inseparable from the economic development at that time. Benigni’s sculpture art is dazzling in the history of western art. I have to say that he is a genius in sculpture. His artistic achievements in the field of sculpture can be described as an important milestone in the history of western sculpture.
