Gian Lorenzo Bernini was said to have been only 8 when he carved a stone head that "was the marvel of everyone" who saw it, according to a contemporary biographer. He was not much older when he ...

The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity ...

The night before the funeral, the camerlengo will preside over the closing and sealing of the coffin in the presence of other ...

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - Two youthful masterpieces by Baroque great Gian Lorenzo Bernini are on show at the Vatican Museums after leaving their previous hard-to-visit seat at the Spanish embassy to ...

Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal.

The restoration work on the tombs of Pope Urban VIII, sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and the basilica's founder, Pope Paul ...

This relic, housed behind the basilica’s altar, is framed by an imposing gilded bronze baroque structure designed by Gian ...

by the artist Pietro Bernini (father of the much more famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini). Members of the noble family that once owned this fragmentary Venus turned to their own generation’s artists to ...

Michelangelo’s dome, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s colonnade, and the ancient tomb of the apostle Peter have been recreated within Minecraft’s iconic digital world of 3D cubes and retro gaming ...

The Rijksmuseum has received an outstanding sculpture by the Italian artist Bernini on permanent loan from a private collector. It is the only sculpture by this world-renowned Baroque sculptor in the ...