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The Martydrom of Saint Lawrence, Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1617

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MWW Artwork of the Day (5/10/23) Gianlorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680) David (c. 1623-24) Carrara marble statue, 170 cm. high Galleria Borghese, Rome

When he tackled his David in 1623-24, Bernini knew that he was risking comparison with works in a sculptural tradition that included the great names of the artistic culture of the Italian Renaissance, from Donatello to Verrocchio and Michelangelo. He subverted the traditional way of representing David. Instead of depicting the static figure after killing Goliath (as had Donatello and Verrocchio) or the measured strain of the act itself (as had Michelangelo), Bernini once again countered with the dynamic charge of the spiral. It is well known that he took his inspiration from the so-called Borghese Gladiator, now in the Louvre but at the time one of the prize pieces in Cardinal Borghese's collection. From the Gladiator derive the feet planted widely apart and the twisting torso.

For more of Bernini's work, see this MWW Special Collection: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=TheMuseumWithoutWalls&set=a.371960352909340

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sculpture by gianlorenzo bernini

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Twa miłość zawieść nas nie może...

Twa miłość zawieść nas nie może…

Twa miłość zawieść nas nie może…Twa miłość zawieść nas nie może, błogosław nas Boże – słowa tej piosenki chodzą za mną dziś od rana.Cudowny tekst. Czasem każdemu z nas tak się czasem zdarza, że usłyszy jakiś tekst i wydaje się, że drąży w nas i zastanawiamy się nad sensem a czasem nam po prostu w duszy gra, chociaż może to echo gra – jak pisał nasz wielki mistrz mowy polskiej, romantyk Adam. Echo…

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Costanza by Rachel Blackmore

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Renegade Books (1 Aug. 2024)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishHardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0349131090ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0349131092 Book Blurb Rome, 1636: In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin… Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife – until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini, the famed sculptor and star of Roman society, whose jet-black gaze…

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Mechelen was from the late middle ages till the baroque period a centre of woodsculpting. So in this city you can find many top noch furnitures, wood carvings and woodsculptures. Here i present to you the pulpit of the Saint-Peter-and-Paul church (Sint-Pieter-en-Pauluskerk) in Mechelen, Belgium.

The Saint Peter and Paul Church is a former Jesuit church on the Veemarkt in Mechelen. The pulpit, a work by Hendrik Frans Verbruggen (ca. 1700), shows in the form of allegorical figures the spread of the Faith across four continents by the Jesuit Francis Xavier.

The base is a globe resting on crawlers; The globe contains the four then known continents, in the form of persons and characteristic animals:

America: the Indian, turtle and snake

Europa: the young woman with the horn of abundance (cornucopia), a sceptre, a book and a doe

Asia: the woman with a turban and the leopard

Africa: the black one covered with elephant skin, and the crocodile.

Some background on the sculptor Hendrik Frans Verbruggen:

He was born into a family that produced a number of prominent sculptors in the 17th and 18th centuries who were mainly active in Antwerp. His father, the sculptor Pieter Verbruggen, was one of the most important representatives of the Flemish High Baroque in sculpture. The father had been apprenticed to Erasmus Quellinus I, who himself was the founder of a prominent family of sculptors. The father was married to the daughter of his teacher Erasmus Quellinus. From this marriage Hendrik Frans Verbruggen was born. His brother Pieter Verbruggen also became a sculptor and worked in his father's studio.

He was initially trained by his father. However, he is said to have started his career with the book illuminator Jan Ruyselinck. It cannot be ruled out that after his education, like his brother Pieter, he first made a trip to Italy. This journey is not documented. The influence of the Italian sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini on his work could also be explained by the fact that he used drawings after Bernini's works and antique sculptures that his brother made in Rome as a source of inspiration.

He became a master sculptor with the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1682. That year he married Susanna Verhulst. He became dean of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1689. In 1713 he went bankrupt, but this did not prevent him from completing existing assignments.

[ancient-hoe]

Mastermind of the Baroque, Gianlorenzo Bernini.

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Gianlorenzo Bernini: Ares Ludovisi

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The Great Alligator will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on May 28 via Severin Films. Inspired by the success of Jaws, the 1979 Italian killer gator movie is also known as The Great Alligator River.

Sergio Martino (Torso, All the Colors of the Dark) directs from a script he co-wrote with Ernesto Gastaldi (Torso), George Eastman (StageFright), and Mara Maryl. Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, and Richard Johnson star.

The Great Alligator has been newly scanned in 4K from the original negative with English stereo and Italian mono sound. It features reversible artwork. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Trailer

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Interview with director Sergio Martino

Interview with actress Silvia Collatina

Interview with camera operator Claudio Morabito

Interview with production designer Antonello Geleng Interview with underwater camera operator Gianlorenzo Battaglia

3 Friends and an Alligator - Discussion with cinematographer Giancarlo Ferrando, production designer Antonello Geleng, and special effects supervisor Paolo Ricci

Paradise House: Christianity and the Natural World in The Great Alligator - Video essay by film historian Lee Gambin

Alligator Land - Antonello Geleng shares priginal production drawings

Trailer

At the opening of a tropical resort, a photographer (Claudio Cassinelli), an anthropologist (Barbara Bach), and an arrogant hotelier (Mel Ferrer) are besieged by hostile natives, obnoxious tourists, and a gargantuan river beast that intends to devour them all.

Pre-order The Great Alligator.

[tragediambulante]

The Ectasy of Saint Teresa, Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1647-52

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MWW Artwork of the Day (11/2/22) Gianlorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680) Neptune and Triton (c. 1620-23) Marble sculpture, 182.2 cm. high Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Bernini’s "Neptune and Triton" references the mythological characters of Neptune (or Poseidon) and his son Triton, the rulers of the seas. Bernini’s sculpture gives a slightly different representation of the duo.  In Bernini’s sculpture, you see Neptune towering over Triton. He appears to be a man in his early thirties, with a beard and wavy locks. Neptune has his legs spread apart and is balancing on a large seashell that carries both himself and Triton. Neptune only has a large sheet covering his right shoulder and gliding in between his legs, revealing parts of the male anatomy. The anatomy of the entire body is defined and the twisting of his torso gives him a more trimmed outline of his muscles, allowing the viewer to pay particular attention to his muscles and how they are contracted or relaxed in his state of movement. 

For a representative selection of Bernini's work, see this MWW Special Collection: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=TheMuseumWithoutWalls&set=a.371960352909340

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Gianlorenzo Bernini: Angel model for St Peter's Cathedra, ca. 1560

Magnus Gjoen: Barbie stars n stripes launcher (bazooka), 2023

Sohei Otomo: Ninja girl back

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Models_for_Saint_Peter_Chair_by_Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini_(Vatican_Museum,_Pinacoteca)

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28 aug update

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knock knock!! your hbo secret santa here and excited to make for you!

you’ve provided a bunch of very good references, and just to get into it more, could you please give me a list of your favorite movies? and then again your favorite pieces of visual art? i’d like to know what makes your eyes happy! ❄️

hey! good to hear from you <3. i'm all over the place atm, but let's seeee

movies

- when harry met sally (1989)

- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004)

- apollo 13 (1995)

- once upon a time in hollywood (2019)

visual art/artists

- ron hicks (paintings)

- gianlorenzo bernini (sculptures)

- dorothea lange (photography)

[famousharmonyluminary]

Nieskończona, najśliczniejsza miłości...

Nieskończona, najśliczniejsza, Jezu miłości! – to cudowna pieśń, która słyszałam wczoraj po raz drugi. Pierwszy raz słyszałam ją w Sanktuarium w Kalwarii Zebrzydowskiej kiedy byłam tam ostatnio i od tej pory ciągle ta melodia oraz słowa nie tyle za za mną chodziły, co raczej brzmiały mi gdzieś za uchem lekką rzewną nutą. Zupełnie nie wiem jak to możliwe, że wcześniej jej nigdy nie…

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Roma. Santa Maria del Popolo. Órgano del lado de la Epístola, con diseño de Gianlorenzo Bernini.

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Gianlorenzo Bernabò Di Negro