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The battle against Protestantism would embellish Rome itself. The popes launched a new and exhilarating war of culture. They championed an artistic movement to project a newfound intensity of passion and ecstasy of revelation. This new art was personified by one man. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the master of baroque art. Impulsive and emotional, when he found his mistress was having an affair with his brother, he beat his brother up with a crowbar and had her permanently scarred with a razor blade. But Bernini was adored by Pope Urban VIII, who told him, " You' re lucky to have me as Pope, but I' m even luckier to have you." Their partnership was responsible for much of what we see in Rome today. Bernini, in many ways, is to the 17th century what Michelangelo had been in the 16th century, and he certainly was the best interpreter of the wishes of the popes. Art historian Alexandra Massini has brought me to see the sculpture that Bernini considered his masterpiece. |
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zhè chǎng duì kàng xīn jiào de zhàn yì jiāng gěi luó mǎ běn shēn zēng guāng tiān sè. jiào huáng men fā qǐ le yī chǎng quán xīn fèn jìn de wén huà zhàn zhēng. tā men chàng dǎo de yùn dòng shì, bǎ rén men duì shén qǐ chóng xīn rán qǐ de jī qíng hé kuáng rè yòng yì shù xíng shì lái biǎo dá. zhè zhǒng xīn de yì shù yǒu gè diǎn xíng de dài biǎo rén wù. bèi ěr ní ní shì bā luò kè yì shù diàn táng jí de dà shī. dāng tā fā xiàn zì jǐ qíng fù gēn dì di de wài yù shí, chōng dòng dé shī qù le lǐ zhì, lūn qǐ tiě gùn duì zhe dì di jiù shì yī dùn tòng ōu zhī hòu yòng dāo piàn zài qíng fù liǎn shàng yuán wén méi shuō shì liǎn shàng hái shì shēn shàng liú xià yǒng jiǔ de bā hén. bèi ěr ní ní hěn shòu jiào huáng wū ěr bān bā shì qì zhòng, hòu zhě duì tā shuō," yǒu wǒ zài jiào huáng de wèi zhì shàng, nǐ hěn xìng yùn dàn wǒ cái shì gèng xìng yùn de, yīn wèi wǒ yǒu nǐ." zhèng shì tā men liǎng rén qí xīn xié lì, cái yǒu le wǒ men jīn tiān suǒ kàn dào de luó mǎ. kě yǐ shuō mǐ kāi lǎng qí luó zài 16 shì jì suǒ chéng jiù de, qí zhōng zhū duō fāng miàn, bèi ní ní zài 17 shì jì yě dá dào le tóng yàng de gāo dù tā wú yí shì jiào huáng men de yì yuàn zuì hǎo de quán shì zhě. yì shù lì shǐ xué jiā yà lì shān dé lā mǎ xī ní dài wǒ lái xīn shǎng zhè zuò bèi ěr ní ní rèn wéi shì zì jǐ dài biǎo zuò de diāo sù. |