The influence of antique sculptures like the apollo in the vatican museums can be clearly seen. This is the last of bernini s work commissioned by the borghese family and one of his most popular sculpture. Apollo, arrogant at the serpent having been conquered. Pdf apollo e dafne di gian lorenzo bernini download pascaldipak. Material and social transformations columbia university. Bernini began sculpting it in 1622 after he finished the rape of proserpina.
Apollo i dafne es una estatua realitzada per gian lorenzo bernini entre els anys 1622 i 1623. After daphne had been transformed into a laurel, apollo made the plant sacred and vowed to wear it as clothing. Jeanetienne liotard apollo en daphne, naar het beeld. In apollo and daphne, bernini depicts the crucial moment in ovid s metamorphoses, at which the frenzied motion of the poemits imagined chases of lamb and wolf, deer and lion. The myth of apollo and daphne begins with an exchange of words between apollo and cupid. Apollo and daphne the greek myth story of daphne and apollo. The story of daphne is an example of an etiological myth one that is strongly explanatory of. Lets take a look at some of the works by gian lorenzo bernini. Apollo i dafne bernini viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure.
Gian lorenzo bernini apollo and daphne detail, 162225. Apollo and daphne discover baroque art museum with no. Bernini seems to have been following later sixteenthcentury practices, which themselves followed the examples of more ancient techniques. Apollo and daphne 162225 carrara marble, height 243 cm galleria borghese, rome. Most of the work was done in 162223, but there was a pause, most probably for work on the sculpture of david, which interrupted its completion, and the artist did not finish the. Her fingers turn into leaves and her legs to bark and the trunk of the tree. Il soggetto e tratto dalle metamorfosi di ovidio 43 a. Find out more about this object on the museum website. Apollo and daphne is also another example of a sensual moment in berninis work. He played a huge part in creating daphne s transformation. Gian lorenzo bernini giovanni lorenzo bernini, dzovanny lorenco bernyny 7. Gian lorenzo bernini is in his twenties when he is commissioned to do four different statue groups for cardinal scipione borghese in rome. Apollo and daphne by bernini joy of museums virtual tours.
Dec 03, 2012 bernini crafted this marble masterpiece around the mythical tale of, you guessed it, apollo and daphne. In ovids telling, the story begins with a pissing contest between two male gods. A marble sculpture by gian lorenzo bernini portrays the mythological characters apollo and daphne. Apollo and daphne is a very graphic sculpture that was created in 16221625 by an italian artist by the name of gian lorenzo bernini. The guile of his chisel is evident to us in his uncanny. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225, carrera marble, 243 cm high galleria borghese, rome a conversation with dr. Key idea eros, god of love, shoots apollo with an arrow causing him to fall in love with the nymph, daphne, who refuses to return apollo s love. Apollo and daphne the story of apollo and daphne is a famous greek myth, where the river nymph daphne turns herself into a laurel tree in order to escape apollo s advances.
Apollo and daphne is a story from ancient greek mythology, retold by hellenistic and roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette. Apollo and daphne is a marble sculpture with lifesized dimensions. Cardinale scipione borghese, in apollo e dafne del bernini nella galleria. The apollo and daphne sculpture by gian lorenzo bernini is one of the most famous interpretations of the myth. Bernini, gian lorenzo david e apollo e dafne appunto di storia dellarte sulle due statue commissionate al bernini. Media in category apollo and daphne bernini the following 52 files are in this category, out of 52 total. The subject of the sculpture may seem a bit odd when considering it was carved for cardinal scipione borghese. This scene was made famous by the 1625 baroque masterpiece by bernini, and is considered to be one of his greatest works. Apollo and daphne by bernini in order to fully appreciate the sculpture of apollo and daphne by bernini, we need to understand the myth that it represents from ovids metamorphoses. Therefore, bernini would have been steeped in this standard catholic tradition, even if only to create a reputation of conformity. Important parts of the sculpture are apollo s body, daphne s body, the ground, a tree and its laurel leaves, drapery, and apollo s signature shoes. Photograph of bernini s marble statue of apollo and daphne, displayed at the galleria borghese.
Bernini, apollo and daphne video italy khan academy. It is believed that giuliano finelli was part of the creation of apollo and daphne sculpture. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne smarthistory. Note that pythia, the priestess in the oracle of delphi, was chewing leaves of laurel to communicate with apollo and give her prophesies to people. Apollo and daphne gian lorenzo bernini found in ovids metamorphoses i find it interesting that this artist chose to depict apollo and daphne in a sculpture rather than in a painting like most other artists chose. Berninis ability to manipulate a stone as hard as marble as if it were as soft as dough has confounded and delighted scholars and visitors for centuries. However, bernini s work has been enthusiastically restored to favor during the 21st century, only intensifying after the anniversary year of his birth in 1998. Bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225 video dailymotion. Feb 16, 2011 another amazing early work of berninis is his apollo and daphne, which depicts the very moment in the mythological tale that daphne turns into a tree after she is captured by apollo, the result of a spell cast by her father the river god. The influence of antique sculptures apollo of belvedere and of contemporary paintings guido reni is clearly seen. The artist was likely inspired by the classical sculpture apollo belvedere circa 2nd century ce as well as the ancient roman poet ovids rendition of the myth. Housed in the galleria borghese in rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses.
The story starts with apollo, the greek god, and patron of archery mocking the god of love, eros cupid, for his use of bow and arrow. The sculpture apollo and daphne was crafted by the famous italian sculpture bernini. Cardinal scipione borghese commissioned apollo and daphne from bernini in 1622 to replace the rape of persephone that he had given to cardinal ludovisi. Apollo and daphne, sculpted by bernini, is a detailed marble sculpture capturing the moment when the god apollo makes contact with daphne, who is being transformed into a tree. Apollo and daphne is a lifesized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo. Eros fired the two arrows into apollo and daphne because apollo had been making fun of him. Apollo and daphne by bernini apollo and daphne by bernini depicts a critical point in the story from ancient greek mythology, retold by hellenistic and roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette. Apollo had recently been victorious and won python, an earth dragon, and told eros that his godly talents were useless compared to his own.
Daphne however wishes to remain unmarried and spurns him. In this sculpture, bernini depicts the mythological drama that occurs between apollo, god of music and poetry, and daphne, a virginal nymph. Apollo and daphne, marble sculpture by gian lorenzo bernini, 162224. Bernini s ability to manipulate a stone as hard as marble as if it were as soft as dough has confounded and delighted scholars and visitors for centuries. Metamorphoses apollo and daphne summary book reports. Commissioned by the borghese family it marks the last work bernini did for the family. In apollo and daphne, bernini depicts the crucial moment in ovid s metamorphoses, at which the frenzied motion of the poemits imagined chases of lamb and wolf, deer and lion, dove and eagle, and hound and hareis slowed by heavy numbness.
The sculpture is largely based on ovids metamorphoses that depicts the love story of apollo, who was the god of healing and the sun, and daphne, a river nymph. Steven zucker smarthistory images for teaching and learning. Apollo was heartbroken at the loss of daphne and to remember her for ever, he made the laurel the symbol of tribute to poets. We see the longing in apollos eyes and the look of shock on daphnes face, but the very touch of apollos hand on daphnes nowbark flesh tells the story. The last of these, begun in 1622 when bernini is 24 and completed in 1627 when bernini is 29, is a marble carving of two people out of one block, the god apollo and a nymph named daphne. Fate had reckoned a cupids desire to pitch two arrows, but only one was bound to. Bernini interpreto con sensibilita e fantasia straordinarie il soggetto mitologico riferito alle metamorfosi del poeta latino ovidio. In ovids poem metamorphoses, boastful, arrogant god apollo is mad with love for the virginal river nymph daphne after being shot with a golden arrow by eros. Dafne turns into a laurel plant apollo chases daphne because he is in love with her. Gian lorenzo bernini realizza questa opera tra il 1622 ed il 1625. Apollo and daphne by bernini in 2020 bernini sculpture. All three sculptures demonstrate the artists mastery, but in apollo and daphne the artist pushes the extremity of the material.
In his david 162324, bernini depicts the figure casting a stone at an. The influence of antique sculptures apollo of belvedere and of contemporary paintings guido reni is. The sculpture was commissioned by cardinal scipione borghese in 1622. Pdf apollo e dafne del bernini nella galleria borghese italian edition free books. Apollo and daphne sculpture was ordered after borghese transferred the earlier work of his patronage, bernini s pluto and persephone, to cardinal ludovico ludovisi. The sculpture shows the immense masterful craftsmanship of bernini as he painstakingly recreates the apex of the story behind phoebus and daphne. Unrequited love october 22, 2014 archive, italy perfect vacation rentals, rome, tourist information rome, travel tips italy perfect apollo and daphne is a lifesized baroque sculpture by renowned sculptor gian lorenzo bernini. Era ospitato nella stessa stanza dellenea e anchise seguendo il progetto ambizioso di scipione. He stopped working on it from 1623 to 1624 to sculpt david, before completing it in.
Storythemeinspired from a tale in the book ovids metamorphosis apollo god of light and poetry apollo triggers cupid, saying he is too young to use arrows etc. Apollo, seeing that cupid is playing with a bow and arrow, mocks the child for playing with a soldiers weapon. If you round the bernini s work, you can find the back of daphne transforming into a three, just where apollo is touching her, and in the front, dafne has the form of a woman, this image capture the feeling of anxiety of apollo when he saw his love transform into a three, but he continued to be in love. Apollo e dafne del bernini nella galleria borghese italian. For the bernini sculpture, see apollo and daphne bernini. Dafne latinsky daphne je v recke mytologii nymfa, dcera ricniho boha peneia podle jine verze dcera gaii a ladona.
Berninis apollo and daphne is an unnerving depiction of. Bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225 galleria borghese, rome voices. Apollo and daphne is a lifesized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne, 16221625, marble, h 243 cm.
It depicts a nude man grabbing at a nude woman who is trying to flee even as she transforms into a tree. The nymphs toes are becoming roots and her fingers the leaves of the laurel tree. Today in social sciences apollo and daphne, by bernini. The sculpture was the last of a number of artworks commissioned by cardinal scipione borghese, early on in bernini s career. Apollo e dafne del bernini nella galleria borghese italian edition bernini, gian lorenzo on. Housed in the galleria borghese in rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of daphne and phoebus in ovids metamorphoses. The ancient greek myth of apollo and daphne has been adapted as a musical comedy and includes a cd with the soundtrack. Another amazing early work of bernini s is his apollo and daphne, which depicts the very moment in the mythological tale that daphne turns into a tree after she is captured by apollo, the result of a spell cast by her father the river god. It belongs to the middle phase of his literary work in which he wrote mythological poems, even though the influence of his first phase, in which he wrote love poetry, is felt. Mythical epic metamorphoses is a work by a roman writer ovid. Apollo and daphne by bernini in the borghese gallery. Although it has since been moved into the center of the room, originally the sculpture was located near the wall, such that the viewer would first approach it from behind.