"Apollo and Daphne" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini: A Moment Stolen from Eternity

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In the last video we talked about Jan van Eyck's masterpiece "The Arnolfini Portrait".
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Today it's the turn of an extraordinary sculpture: "Apollo and Daphne" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

A god and a nymph, a moment suspended in marble. Bernini’s art captures the breath of an eternal chase: Apollo, young and longing, grazes Daphne’s body with his fingertips as she transforms, vanishing into leaves and roots. The sculpture vibrates with movement, emotion, and poetry, turning stone into a timeless tale.
Inspired by Ovid’s myth of impossible love, this Baroque masterpiece plays with light, space, and illusion, inviting viewers to ponder the boundary between passion and freedom, flesh and nature.
Every angle reveals a new enigma, every detail a tremor of life. Bernini did not merely carve a story—he conjured a spell, where ancient myth becomes a mirror of the human soul.

Chapter titles:
00:00 "Apollo and Daphne: A Breathtaking Beauty"
01:41 "Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Passion, Revenge, and Divine Irony"
03:20 "Bernini’s Challenge: Turning Myth into Marble"
03:37 "The Chase Frozen: Apollo’s Ardor, Daphne’s Escape"
04:05 "Sculpting the Impossible: How Bernini Defied Sculptural Limits"
04:50 "Bernini's inspiration: The Apollo Belvedere"
05:10 "Cardinal Borghese’s Stage: Power, Patronage, and Pagan Drama"
05:41 "From Wall to Center: How Placement Shaped Perception"
06:25 "Hidden Messages: Pagan Myth vs Christian Morality"
06:55 "Secrets in the Stone: Unfinished Details Revealed"
07:40 "Collaboration and Controversy: Finelli's Role"
07:58 "A Baroque Miracle: The Legacy of Apollo and Daphne"

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