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Bernini
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Ber·ni·ni  (br-nn, br-), Giovanni Lorenzo or Gianlorenzo 1598-1680.
Italian sculptor, painter, and architect. An outstanding exponent of the Italian baroque, he is noted for his flowing, dynamic sculpture, such as Apollo and Daphne (1622-1624), and his designs for many churches, including Saint Peter's Basilica.

Bernini (Italian) [berˈnini]
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(Biographies / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARCHITECTURE: architect, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) Gian Lorenzo (dʒan loˈrɛntso). 1598-1680, Italian painter, architect, and sculptor: the greatest exponent of the Italian baroque
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Noun1.Bernini - Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680)


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The Angels and Demons tour takes you round various sites that in the novel are alleged to have been put there by the mysterious Illuminati, a secret sect of anti-Christian scientists and philosophers, which included people like Galileo and Gianlorenzo Bernini, whose architecture of course almost defines Rome.
Another Italian artist, Gianlorenzo Bernini, created a marble sculpture of Apollo and Daphne in early 17th century.
When the sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini placed an Egyptian obelisk on the back of a marble elephant in Rome as a homage to the "wise Egyptian", or Napoleon exorted his army at the Battle of Pyramids, they did not see Egyptians as a lesser people but as the oldest sages and artists, the fount of Europe's culture.
 
 
 
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