Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598-Rome, 1680) was a baroque Italian sculptor and architect (although also a painter, but to a lesser extent).
Through his work he defined what is known as baroque sculpture (artistic period historically located between the Renaissance and Neoclassicism). Thus, the use of very theatrical approaches, in which the characters are overacting, and with the characteristic of being the most ornate works in general, give their works that fully baroque imprint.
Regarding the comparison with other previous or later sculptors such as Michelangelo, Phidias or Canova, we can say that his ease of sculpting the human figure, in the opinion of this editor, was comparable to that of his already beloved predecessor Michelangelo, but that theatricality has diminished his position as a sculptor in the list of renowned sculptors at the level of Art history, since the solemnity and depth of Michelangelo's works exceeds, always according to the humble look like this publication, to the works of Bernini.
With regard to architecture, neither with his works (being almost the most prominent the well-known St. Peter's Square in the Vatican) can compete with the work of his predecessor and multiple times cited Michelangelo, especially because he failed to get the commission of the construction of the Palace of Versailles (surely for being Italian), although he was a candidate for it.
In sum, his work, although of imposing and high-quality forms, if compared with the sculpture of antiquity or that of Michelangelo, is perhaps in the background precisely because it is endowed with the baroque's overteatrality.
Through his work he defined what is known as baroque sculpture (artistic period historically located between the Renaissance and Neoclassicism). Thus, the use of very theatrical approaches, in which the characters are overacting, and with the characteristic of being the most ornate works in general, give their works that fully baroque imprint.
Regarding the comparison with other previous or later sculptors such as Michelangelo, Phidias or Canova, we can say that his ease of sculpting the human figure, in the opinion of this editor, was comparable to that of his already beloved predecessor Michelangelo, but that theatricality has diminished his position as a sculptor in the list of renowned sculptors at the level of Art history, since the solemnity and depth of Michelangelo's works exceeds, always according to the humble look like this publication, to the works of Bernini.
With regard to architecture, neither with his works (being almost the most prominent the well-known St. Peter's Square in the Vatican) can compete with the work of his predecessor and multiple times cited Michelangelo, especially because he failed to get the commission of the construction of the Palace of Versailles (surely for being Italian), although he was a candidate for it.
In sum, his work, although of imposing and high-quality forms, if compared with the sculpture of antiquity or that of Michelangelo, is perhaps in the background precisely because it is endowed with the baroque's overteatrality.
