Gian Bernini
Today I’m going to start by writing about the artist that
blew me away at Rome with the four river statues
representing the Ganges, Nile, Danube, and the
Reo de la Plata.
Hey, the Pope of the day didn’t want Bernini to do this.
He wanted another artist, but Bernini was able to
enter the jurying anonymously and the Pope
chose his entry.
We artist have to work hard, but Bernini was
a play writer and an architect, and a prudent business
man. I loved Navona Square and went there to play
in the fountain at night and slid down the leg of
the Nile River God.
Mayor Molly was upset with me, but I couldn’t resist.
Talk about luck and skill, Michelangelo was old and
Bernini won the job of finishing St. Peter’s and in
the process sign as the Chief Architect even though
Michelangelo did most of the work.
The Artist Mole, Sandro, found in “all Roads Lead to Rome,”
by Lorraine Strieby, on Amazon/Kindle, a children's Book
