Bernini

Andrea del Verrocchio, Detail of David with the head of Goliath, c. 1466 - 69. Bronze. Bargello National Museum.
7 Depictions of David in Renaissance & Baroque Art
From Michelangelo's marble masterpiece to equally amazing but lesser-known works, here are some of the most fascinating representations of David in Renaissance and Baroque…
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1617. young man looks to the sky in ecstasy, laying back sensually atop an iron grate licked by flames
Religion & Sensuality in Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Sculptures
There's no doubt that the statues by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini were markedly sensual, which might seem paradoxical in the era of the Counter-Reformation and for an artist whose main…
Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Pluto and Proserpina (Persephone)" (1621-22) at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.