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...enter the most recent wing of the Fogg Art Museum, you will be struck by the first exhibit on display: the bust of Saint Jerome, the third century Italian translator of the Bible into the Latin Vulgate. Stained with the terrible anguish that comes with the recognition of the sin of intellectual pride, Saint Jerome's eyes are closed, yet you can tell that they are full of the sorrow and contrition that only a sincerely devout human being can experience. Browsing through the corpulent volume entitled "Bernini" that is conveniently provided at the front of the exhibit, you will...
...inauguration of the exhibit Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Sketches in Clay, in a permanent collection gallery of the Fogg Art Museum celebrates the quartercentenary of Bernini's birth. The works on display are studies for some of Bernini's most important projects, including the design for the sculptural decoration for the Ponte Sant' Angelo, the Tiber River bridge for pilgrims approaching St. Peter's Basilica and the architectural and sculptural setting for the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa...
Five of the clay sketches in the Fogg installation are studies by Bernini for the Ponte Sant' Angelo and offer a unique opportunity to follow the artist's creative ideas. The centerpieces of the collection are the sketches of the angels holding the Superscription and the Scourge, which the artist modified to study the fall of drapery. A generous furling of the angel's robe over her left leg adds a touch of breathtaking reality to the sculpture, making it seem as though the seraph was caught in a rush of hallowed breath. The angels' expressions of mute adoration...
...Peter's Basilica. The bronze cast of the of the Countess Matilda (called the "FalkBronze" after its donor) is one of two remainingfigurines that closely resemble the statue of thecountess in the tomb erected in St. Peter'sBasilica under order of Pope Barberini. All theseform part of one of Fogg Museum's most spectacularand far-sighted purchases ever, when in 1937, theFogg acquired 27 terracotta sculptures, fourteenof which are directly associated with Gian LorenzoBernini, and a fifteenth was added...
Foggert: Try to cross the harrowing intersection between the Fogg and the Sackler three times during rush hour...