ナポリで彫刻家の息子として生まれ、子どものころローマに移りました。20代で「アポロンとダフネ」などを彫り、大理石とは思えない、動きと肌のやわらかさを表しました。のちに建築家としても活躍し、サン・ピエトロ大聖堂の中の大天蓋や、大聖堂前の広場を囲む列柱を設計しました。ナヴォーナ広場の「四大河の噴水」も彼の作品で、81歳まで生きました。
Bernini was born in Naples, the son of a sculptor, and moved to Rome as a boy. In his twenties he carved works like Apollo and Daphne. The marble seems to move and looks as soft as skin. Later he also worked as an architect. He designed the great bronze canopy inside St Peter's Basilica and the curved rows of columns around the square in front of it. The Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona is his too. He lived to 81.
