Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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…