After centuries in a private collection and hidden under a dense layer of overpainting, a Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpture is finally coming to light at Rijksmuseum. Its arrival at the Amsterdam ...

A life-sized marble skull that has for centuries sat in plain sight at a German castle turns out to actually be the work of artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The skull, sculpted from white Carrara marble, ...

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome. Bernini was born in Naples to a Mannerist sculptor, Pietro ...

Restoration work has begun on the baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Workers will scale the scaffolding surrounding the 92-feet-high canopy each ...

Esopus Magazine always closes its issues with a themed CD -- past themes have includes "Good News" and "Spam." Their latest issue featured musicians writing songs about, and named after, artists.

ROME – A chapel in a Rome church that is home to a Baroque sculptural masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been made even more dazzling after restoration. Art and restoration specialists presented ...

The trigger for this post is the publication of a new book on Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “Bernini’s Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini.” The author, Emory University art historian ...

ROMEROME — A chapel in a Rome church that is home to a Baroque sculptural masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been made even more dazzling after restoration. Art and restoration specialists ...