Gian David Bernini Analysis

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a sculpture unlike any sculpture before him. The episode, The Power of Art, illustrates examples of his sculptures and his work as an architect. Bernini was able to carve so much depth and so much emotion out of a single piece of marble. The world had never seen such movement and play out from a sculptures and Bernini had revolutionized a new way in the world of sculpting. The accounts of Bernini’s life are based from a biography written by Filippo Baldinucci, who was also a painter and an art critic . Baldinucci tells stories about the relationships Bernini had with different religious authorities, how he dealt with the betrayal of his brother and Constanza, and the rivalry between him and Francesco Borromini …show more content…
Saint Mark appears stoic and religious thereby making it an art piece that goes along with the Christian agenda. The 15th century sculpture harbors no sexual escapades while standing in wardrobe that could be worn by a priest or abbot during that era. Saint Mark holds what appears to be a religious book, in his left arm, making this type of statue very pleasing to any religious zealot because it doesn’t challenge or question the catholic church. On the other hand, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa gives an ambiguous expression that could be perceived in two ways. Some people could view Saint Teresa as being in physical pain because the she has been shot with an arrow. While other people may view divine touch as having the same feelings that one senses during a climactic experience of a sexual escapade. In the Saint Mark sculpture, one is not supposed to question religion and blindly follow it. And yet in Bernini’s sculpture Saint Teresa makes one question what it is to be Christian ever so slightly. Bernini has sculpted a masterpiece by making one’s mind think a little