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Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
Detail of Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
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Bernini's Elephant in Rome, June 2012
Another of Bernini's sculptures is known affectionately as Bernini's Chick by the Roman people. It is located in the Piazza della Minerva, in front of the church Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Pope Alexander VII decided that he wanted an ancient Egyptian obelisk to be erected in the piazza and commissioned Bernini to create a sculpture to support the obelisk. The sculpture of an elephant was finally created in 1667 by one of Bernini's students, Ercole Ferrata. One of the most interesting features of this elephant is its smile. To find out why it is smiling, the viewer must head around to the rear end of the animal and to see that its muscles are tensed and its tail is shifted to the left. Bernini sculpted the animal as if it were defecating. The animal's rear is pointed directly at the office of Father Domenico Paglia, a Dominican friar, who was one of the main antagonists of Bernini and his artisan friends, as a final salute and last word.
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