Compare And Contrast Bernini And Algardi

Bernini, Algardi and Finelli are all baroque artists which leads to similar styles of sculpture, especially Finelli because of his time working under Bernini. Although there are evident similarities in the styles, there are still multiple differences to be noted. Finelli’s bust of Maria Duglioli Barberini has the most detail out of the three portraits, and this is just one example of his tour de force style of carving. Finelli is a master of carving marble. While, Finelli shows extraordinary detail in the accessories of the sitter, the face lacks any real detail. This is extremely different than how Bernini and Algardi approach their sculptures. Giuliano Finelli’s works are so detailed that it looses some of the emotional animation that Bernini’s

Bernini catapulted the baroque style of sculpture, adding movement and emotion that was ahead of his time. Bernini was an inspiration to a variety of artists, including some of his biggest rivals. Bernini has been known to study his sitter thoroughly through their daily lives as to catch their most natural face, and accentuate the right features to make it still look life like. His approach is faster and spontaneous than others. Bernini has a painterly effect to his sculptures and is his signature style. Bernini had the type of style that other sculptors wanted to try and tackle, especially his rivals like Algardi and Finelli. Others have tried to do copy his caricature approach, but none have been able to capture the emotional moments in the same way that Bernini can. Bernini’s portrait of Costanza Buonarelli was one of the first intimate portraits of a woman, that depicted the sitter in “a storm of passion.”The portrait illustrated her right before or after a sexual encounter, which was unheard of at this time and was repeated by Bernini years later in the Ecstasy of St. Teresa. Gian Lorenzo Bernini puts most of his concentration to the face of his sculptures which is very different from that of Algardi and especially Finelli, who failed to put slim to none detail to face and expression of their portraits. They have the sitter in more of a posed expression that Bernini does, which consequently leads to a lack of emotion and background to the portrait. Bernini’s sculptures tell a story as if it is a movie, and lets the viewer understand what is going on rather than looking blankly at a sculpture for just purely looks. In various works of Bernini’s, he allows his sculptures to interact with others and seek contact like his sculptures of Prophet David and Prophet Habakkuk. Bernini was the face of