Baroque Marble Sculptures

The following is a list of works of sculpture architecture and painting by the italian baroque artist gian lorenzo bernini the numbering follows rudolph wittkower s catalogue first published in 1955 in gian lorenzo bernini.

Baroque marble sculptures.

This 400 year old sculpture looks like it s wearing an outfit made of real fabric but every delicate detail is expertly crafted in a block of marble. Baroque bərōk in art and architecture a style developed in europe england and the americas during the 17th and early 18th cent. The sculptor of the roman baroque. Marble sculpture pentelic carrara parian marbles.

Bernini created the baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that other artists are of only minor importance in a discussion of that style. Sculpture marble bust of roman emperor augustus porphyry and statuary marble after 1800. Dramatic religious inspiration movement illusionism and virtuoso sculpture. Baroque period italian marble tabernacle.

Fabulous hand carved and veneered 1700 s solid marble tabernacle from an italian church altar. In all a stunning amalgam of baroque art and architecture which illustrates many of the main features of the baroque. Galleria borghese rome marble sculpture. The baroque style is characterized by an emphasis on unity among the arts.

Bronze sculpture lost wax casting method sandcasting centrifugal casting. In baroque sculpture groups of figures assumed new importance and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human forms they spiralled around an empty central vortex or reached outwards into the surrounding space. Celeste white carrara marble standing female silhouette figurative sculpture. Gian lorenzo bernini italian artist who was perhaps the greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well.

Baroque artist giuliano finelli was the secret genius behind some of the most delicate detailing in 17th century italian sculpture. Renaissance artists previously worked from ancient sculptures whereas bernini worked directly from life. Shop baroque sculptures at 1stdibs the world s largest source of baroque and other authentic period furniture. With technical brilliance the baroque artist achieved a remarkable harmony wherein painting sculpture and architecture were brought together in new spatial relationships both real.