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LESSON 4 · Baroque: Drama in Paint

PAUSE TO THINK

Why did Bernini study his own face in a mirror?

To copy real emotion into stone

Bernini wanted his figures to feel a true feeling, not pose a fake one. To carve raw expressions, he reportedly pulled faces at his own reflection and even singed his leg so he could draw the look of pain from life.

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