Talking about Bernini and Baromini of the Baroque era, friend and foe of the time, is like talking oxymoron but more on that later. The Baroque era is similar to high renaissance but with much heavier decorations and much more expressive. The architects of this time was influenced by Michelangelo who introduced the Mannerist style into architecture, comparable to the post modernism of today’s era. The most important architects of the Baroque era is, without a doubt, Bernini and Baromini.
First, about Bernini, we could really see resemblances of his works to the work of Micheangelo, especially in the use of sculpture within architecture itself. However, Bernini’s work can easily be distinguished as it captures the essence of life into the sculpture, making it more realistic. This can be easily comprehensible by looking at “The Rape of Proserpina”. You can see “real” human characteristics in the sculpture, be it the dented skin on the woman’s body when wrapped by a man’s hand and the expressive face and tears. You can also that the human proportion of Bernini is much more refined and realistic, for example, his own version of the sculpture of david.
Sculpture of David by Bernini
Baromini, Bernini’s friend and rival, however, is even much more expressive than Bernini but through the use of architecture and not a human sculpture. He used shape and form in architecture to create a space that is very expressive. This is evidently seen through his work, “San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane” where he used geometric shapes such as triangles, oval and circle that are considered dramatic and evocative.
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Baromini
Even if they were rivals, there were no definite judging of who was better. Bernini and Baromini, being one of the best Baroque architects have a great, unique quality concerning their works.
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