Apolo and Dafne.

Sculpture card:
-Title: Apolo and Dafne.
-Author: Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
-Year: 1622-1625.
-Style: Baroque.
-Technique: It is made of marble.
-Location: Borghese Gallery, Rome.
-General description: It is an exempt sculpture of round lump. Threpresents Dafne and Apolo, which is a mytholocical topic.




INTRODUCTION
Apolo and Dafne was made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who was an Italian sculptor, architect and painter. He mainly worked in Rome and he is considered one of the most important artist of the Baroque. He had the ability to represent dramatic scenes. Other important works that he did are: Barberini Palace, David and Chair of Saint Peter.
The sculpture belongs to the Baroque. The main characteristics of this style regarding sculpture are:
   -Realistic sculptures.
   -The main topic was religion, but there were others, for example: mythology or portraits.
   -Predominance of diagonals.
   -Expressivity.
It was made in the 17th century, which was a period of wars between Catholics and Protestants.
There was a lot of crisis.


ANALYSIS
It was made of marble and it is and exempt sculpture of round lump. 
The author used diagonals to give realism, as we can see in the next picture:

The light has a dramatic sense because it gives more intensity to the scene.
As I said before, it is a realistic sculpture in which we can see an expression of horror on Dafne's face and a captivated expression on Apolo's face.
It represents a mythological topic.  It is about the Apolo and Dafne's myth, which sais that Apolo ridiculed Eros because of his arch and arrows. Eros was angry and he took two arrows, one made of gold, that produced love and the other one, made of lead, produced hate. He used the arrow made of gold to shoot it to Apolo and the arrow made of lead was used to shoot the nymph Dafne.
Apolo was always chasing her and she was always escaping. And she finally, asked for help to her father and he transformed her into a laurel. 
This sculpture represents the moment in which Dafne is transforming into the laurel.


CONCLUSION
The Baroque was the style which followed the Rennaisance.
I like a lot this sculpture because it is amazing and I think that the representation of the moment in which her is transforming is very difficult.