Much of the Baroque grandeur of the Eternal City ... busts that he had first undertaken as a youth. "When Bernini came back to sculpture, it was not so virtuosic, not so many fireworks," says ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

The two sculptures were created in 1619 ... and hell was one of the central aspects of devotion. "Bernini was the great director of the Baroque", underlines Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican ...

The grandest domes of Europe and the narrow labyrinthine alleys of the districts, the splendor of noble palaces and the violent life of the streets, the courts of art-loving cardinal collectors ...

But baroque art fans might want to brave the crowds for a look at Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Cornaro Chapel, which features the Ecstasy of St. Teresa statue. Santa Maria della Vittoria is nothing ...