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Bernini's David |
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| Italian baroque sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini emulated the dynamic and emotional style of Hellenistic sculpture in his statue of David (1623?, Galleria Borghese, Rome). Just as Hellenistic sculptors had, Bernini chose to show his subject at the moment of maximum physical contortion, concentrated energy, and emotion—in this case, as David hurls a stone at the giant Goliath. | ||||||
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| Sculpture; Bernini, Gianlorenzo; Greek Art and Architecture; Baroque Art and Architecture | ||||||
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