Marble Sculpture Of Nymph Turning Into A Tree
And later the legs begin to grow into the ground.
Marble sculpture of nymph turning into a tree. If you look at the sculpture for the first time you will see apollo chasing daphne. Apollo and daphne is a life sized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1622 and 1625. But after a while you begin to notice the magical transformation of a living being into a tree. Woman typical for baroque art this caught moment in time figures in motion.
As ovid told the story in his metamorphoses when the beautiful nymph daphne finally escaped the pursuing apollo by turning into a laurel tree the roman god of music and poetry pledged his. Apollo wears a laurel crown and daphne is portrayed halfway through her metamorphosis into the laurel tree with her arms already transforming into its branches as she flees and calls to her father to save her. In front of you is still a beautiful nymph but hands are already beginning to turn into twigs and leaves. This reproduction of the masterpiece apollo and daphne by gian lorenzo bernini 1598 1680 the sculptor of the roman baroque depicts the myth of the chaste nymph daphne being turned into a laurel tree pursued in vain by apollo the god of light.
Between 1622 and 1625 gian lorenzo bernini sculpted a baroque life sized marble statue entitled apollo and daphne apollo clutches daphne s hip pursuing her as she flees to escape him. A beautiful romantic marble sculpture statuette depicting a classical water nymph.