Episode 297 - Bernini's "St. Bibiana"
Rebuilding The Renaissance · Rocky Ruggiero
September 25, 202415m 53s
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Show Notes
In 1624, Pope Urban VIII commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to carve a statue of the early Christian saint, virgin, and martyr St. Bibiana. The result is one of Bernini's most overlooked but by no means less beautiful statues.