Bernini: Breathing life into stone

In the 21st century, is it possible to fall in love with a 16th century Italian sculptor? At Villa Borghese in Rome, it is

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Even without its contents, a visit to Villa Borghese is an eye-opener to how Italy’s nobility lived and entertained in the 14th and 15th century. Located on the edge of 17th century Rome, the villa — a party house for the family — is surrounded by 148 acres of gardens filled with ornate fountains, small rivulets of water and little groves remade and preserved since the 19th century. A variety of flora and fauna is to be found in the gardens that, at one point, also housed swans, ostriches, peacocks and cranes. But enter the Galleria Borghese and the contents of ...

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Bernini: Breathing life into stone