Bernini and the Remaking of Rome

[@lemonadegumdrop9458]

Walking by the Pantheon I always loved that cute Elephant statue, he seems so happy and playful I love it! Amazing to learn that one of my favorite sculptors made him, and for such a tender reason.

[@AABB-zb6dv]

Great lecture! I heard a slightly different version of why Bernini's brother was exiled from Rome. He assaulted a boy behind a sculpture his brother was working on inside St Peters (The vision of Constantine). This was a huge scandal and Bernini himself was about to be exiled too, but his friend and great admirer, Christina, the Queen of Sweden, saved him.

[@amalieta6837]

i will be quoting this lecture on Monday's exam, big thank you :))

[@johndorilag4129]

Michelangelo, Donatello, and Bernini were the trinity of the greatest sculptors and architects that ever lived.

[@marijager700]

A fabulous lecture, thank you!

[@maxsager139]

Great exhibition. Congratulations.

[@Mrch33ky]

Another outstanding lecture. Thank you!!!

[@dianespears6057]

This was very interesting and presented with great energy. The insights peppering all the facts were appreciated.

[@jmccallion2394]

One can imagine lloyd heading to the Papal Appartments and saying: Who lives here? David, its over to you!!

[@huahindan]

Thank you. Great talk, lots of info.

[@johnglenn30csardas]

Great lecture. Thankyou

[@eduardosci1909]

Thanks!

[@bettysellen4778]

Love Bernini.

[@michellezoe4596]

As others have mentioned, his accent is all over the place. American then a bit English. I cant keep up😂 Either way it sounds "put on". But great topic and still was enjoyable to see Bernini's works presented.

[@Devils-advocate78]

No I can't see why the figure on the right makes you think that the fountain of the 4 rivers was the inspiration for the Eiffel Tower. no matter how closely I look 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@mountpleasantmusic]

Probably more the shape and the void underneath?

[@nHans]

15:15 Not a big deal, but it sounds like he mispronounced Proserpina as Prosperina.

[@shakiMiki]

Er....why him?

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Why Bernini, or why this pompeus man with an English accent ?

[@tcm81]

@@spiritualanarchist8162 He was born in the US and went to University there. Part of his accent is the Boston accent.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

@@tcm81 I take your word for the Boston accent . But he's peppering it with some overly pronounced Oxbridge English. Sounds rather silly to be honest. (In my not so humble opinion )

[@tcm81]

@@spiritualanarchist8162 Well he a degree from the LSE and a PhD in art history from Cambridge. He probably picked up some of the accent while he was studying there. He was much mocked in the UK for his accent when he was on a show called MasterChef (the original version). Search for a sketch by Reeves and Mortimer of MasterChef that mocks his accent. It's on KZbin and it's a very weird. In other words, he is not putting it on, it's just an artifact of where he grew up.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

@@tcm81 ok

[@bilinguru]

What’s up with this guy’s accent?

[@richardperea9668]

Its an artificial mid-Atlantic accent, one of many. Other examples include the plummy [originally] BBC accent--sort of OxBridge--as well as the 'twee' (overly and affectely sweet) pronunciation of, say, Lucy Worsely, which originated among certain class-conscious 18th Century British officers as a way of distinguishing themselves from (a) enlisted men, and (b) other officers.

[@TheLazyGeneTV]

One of the worst accents

[@knolselderij]

well it is a very remarkeble one indeed. where do people talk like that ?

[@SuperMookles]

It's upper-crust old-school Bostonian. Your comment, on the other hand, is 2022 Ignorant Trolling.

[@shakiMiki]

Can't stand it. Have no idea why he was chosen anyway.

[@ScubesFTW]

Its the best and the worst accent ever. Ive only heard this accent as caricatures of rich toffs. It's comedy gold and im stealing it.

[@Auriflamme]

@@knolselderij It's Lloyd Grossman. That's just how he talks. He was born and grew up in Boston, then moved to Britain in his 20's. Suggesting that his odd accent is a personal affectation - an American trying to sound like a posh Englishman.