#bernini

[falsedisciple]

galleria borghese, roma

[m1male2]

The Hall of Emperors in Rome's Galleria Borghese is famous for housing Bernini's "The Rape of Proserpina" at its center, along with 18 porphyry and alabaster busts of the Twelve Caesars and other ancient figures from the 17th century.

[annemarieyeretzian]

BAROQUE ART 🎭 love, ur local art mom 🩵

disclaimers and more information under the cut ✂️

hi I’m annemarie and I’m an art historian! not adjuncting for the first time in five years was rly hard for me so I threw some slides together so I could still (sort of) teach the same material as my language of art class but a) I threw these slides together for instagram so space was/is limited and b) language of art is a ten week run through art history so I’m presenting only the most accessible information here – there’s so much more to this art period and to this artist! – please don’t expect it to be comprehensive and please do ask if you have any questions!

oh p.s. my first ever class of art history students came up with the name ‘art mom’ for me at the end of the quarter and yes it does make me cry if I think about it too long thanks so much for asking

[n-adi-ra]

The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa but hannibal :P

"This he plunged into my heart several times so that it penetrated into my entrails. The pain was so severe that it made me utter several moans. The sweetness caused by this intense pain is so extreme that one cannot possibly wish it to cease."

[ducissatenebrarum]

A marble button slipping out of a buttonhole.

Giuliano Finelli carved this portrait of Cardinal Scipione Borghese in 1631–32. The irregular buttons, loose cord, and slightly open mouth make the bust feel less like a formal monument and more like a captured moment.

[tragediambulante]

The abduction of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-22

[tyger-land]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮 [details] Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Marble/1622. Photos: Aurelio Amendola.

[sofysta]

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Il Ratto di Proserpina • Pio Fedi - Il Ratto di Polissena • Giambologna - Il Ratto delle Sabine