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Portici della piazza di S. Pietro di Roma. Plate 44 from the Album 'Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'

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Portici della piazza di S. Pietro di Roma. Plate 44 from the Album 'Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'

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Renaissance representation of classical ruins was a symbol of antiquity, enlightenment, and lost knowledge. Ruins spoke to the passage of time. The greatest subject for ruin artists was the overgrown and crumbling Classical Rome remains. Forum and the Colosseum, Pantheon, and the Appian Way. Initially, art representations of Rome were realistic, but soon the imagination of artists took flight. Roman ruins were scattered around the city, but frustrated artists began placing them in more pleasing arrangements. Capriccio was a style of imaginary scenes of buildings and ruins.

Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect who is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the Baroque period. Born in Naples, he began his career as a sculptor in Rome, where he quickly gained fame for his dramatic and emotional works. Bernini's sculptures are characterised by their dynamic and fluid forms, which often appear to be in motion. He was particularly adept at capturing the human form in motion, and many of his works depict figures in dramatic poses, such as his famous statue of David, which shows the biblical hero in the act of hurling a stone at Goliath. In addition to his work as a sculptor, Bernini was also a talented architect and designed many of Rome's most important buildings during his lifetime. These include the famous Colonnade in St Peter's Square, considered one of the greatest achievements of Baroque architecture. Throughout his career, Bernini was a favourite of the papacy and received many commissions from the Catholic Church. His works can be seen in churches and museums throughout Italy and the world, and he remains one of the most important figures in the history of Western art.

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1656 - 1666
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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