Gian Lorenzo Bernini
(Naples 1598 – Rome 1680)
- credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture
Bernini created the piazza leading to St Peter's. The two massive semi-circular colonnades (柱廊) formed a spectacular oval-shaped arena within which gathering visitors could witness the appearance of the pope.
From the fountain base, travertine rocks rise to support an ancient Egyptian obelisk and four river gods. The river gods represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile (Africa), the Danube (Europe), the Ganges (Asia), and the Río de la Plata (America).
- credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture
Bernini created the piazza leading to St Peter's. The two massive semi-circular colonnades (柱廊) formed a spectacular oval-shaped arena within which gathering visitors could witness the appearance of the pope.
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| The creation extended the symbolic greatness of the Vatican area. |
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St. Peter's baldachin / 教堂祭壇上的織錦華蓋 - Bernini - bronze sculpture (20 m) 1623-34 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
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- Bernini - marble (350 cm) 1647-52 - Santa Maria della Vittoria (Rome) |
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| The Seize of Proserpina - Bernini - carrara marble (225 cm) 1621-22 - Galleria Borghese (Rome) |
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| Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) Designed in 1651 by Bernini Piazza Navona, Rome |
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