Tag: bernini

All the articles with the tag "bernini".

• Bernini David Biting His Lip Is a Self-Portrait

  Published: 17 Apr, 2026

  • 10 min read

  Bernini's David at the Galleria Borghese is a self-portrait mid-throw: a twenty-five-year-old glaring at his reflection, redefining the subject.

• Rape of Proserpina Bernini Carved With Fingers That Sink Into Stone

  Published: 17 Apr, 2026

  • 10 min read

  Bernini's Rape of Proserpina in the Galleria Borghese is marble fingers pressing into marble flesh. The trick a twenty-three-year-old invented.

• The Apollo and Daphne Bernini Finished at Twenty-Four Has Leaves You Can Hear

  Published: 17 Apr, 2026

  • 11 min read

  Bernini's Apollo and Daphne at the Galleria Borghese was carved by a twenty-four-year-old and pushes marble to its physical breaking point.

• The Galleria Borghese Was Built by a Cardinal Who Stole Art on a Technicality

  Published: 17 Apr, 2026

  • 11 min read

  The Borghese collection in Rome holds four Bernini masterpieces in two hours because one cardinal built it with confiscations and nephew money.