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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1598 - 1680

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Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (UK: , US: ; Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso berˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and city planner. Bernini's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as a uomo universale or Renaissance man. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. As one scholar has commented, "What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture: the first pan-European sculptor whose name is instantaneously identifiable with a particular manner and vision, and whose influence was inordinately powerful ..." In addition, he was a painter (mostly small canvases in oil) and a man of the theatre: he wrote, directed and acted in plays (mostly Carnival satires), for which he designed stage sets and theatrical machinery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gian Lorenzo Bernini is the 4th most popular architect (down from 3rd in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Italy (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Architect.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor and architect. He is most famous for his sculptures.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gian Lorenzo Bernini ranks 4 out of 518. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Le Corbusier, and Khufu. After him are Vitruvius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mimar Sinan, Alvar Aalto, Donato Bramante, Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, and Albert Speer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Gian Lorenzo Bernini ranks 1. After him are Francisco de Zurbarán, Bonaventura Cavalieri, François Mansart, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maarten Tromp, Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, and Daniele Crespi. Among people deceased in 1680, Gian Lorenzo Bernini ranks 1. After him are François de La Rochefoucauld, Athanasius Kircher, Shivaji, Kateri Tekakwitha, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Nicolas Fouquet, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Willem Claesz. Heda, Jan Swammerdam, Samuel Butler, and Ferdinand Bol.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gian Lorenzo Bernini ranks 84 out of 5,161. Before him are Vespasian (9), Gioachino Rossini (1792), Domitian (51), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Pius VI (1717), and Empedocles (-490). After him are Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Pope Innocent III (1160), Pope Pius III (1439), Sophia Loren (1934), and Florence Nightingale (1820).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Gian Lorenzo Bernini ranks 1. After him are Vitruvius (-75), Donato Bramante (1443), Andrea Palladio (1508), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Renzo Piano (1937), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Aldo Rossi (1931), Michelozzo (1396), and Guarino Guarini (1624).

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