Baroque Bernini Italy Renaissance

Happy birthday, Gianlorenzo Bernini!

I’m only a few days late but still in time to celebrate the birthday of one of the main characters of my novel and play (both in the works): Gianlorenzo Bernini, the genius of the Baroque, the tempestuous sculptor who they say shaped the face of Rome and who sculpted one of the most talked-about (even today) sculptures of a saint ever made. Bernini’s passionately gorgeous art transformed sculpture and created the style they now…

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