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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini | |
Self-Portrait of Bernini, c. 1623 |
Birth name | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
Born | Naples, Kingdom of Naples, in present-day Italy |
7 December 1598
Died | 28 November 1680 Rome, Papal States, in present-day Italy |
(aged 81)
Nationality | Italian |
Field | Sculpture, painting, architecture |
Movement | Baroque style |
Works | David, Apollo and Daphne, The Rape of Proserpina, Ecstasy of Saint Theresa |
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (also spelled Gianlorenzo or Giovanni Lorenzo) (Naples, 7 December 1598 – Rome, 28 November 1680) was an Italian artist and a prominent architect[1] who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture.[2] In addition, he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets.
A student of classical sculpture, Bernini possessed the ability to capture, in marble, the essence of a narrative moment with a dramatic naturalistic realism which was almost shocking. This ensured that he effectively became the successor of Michelangelo, far outshining other sculptors of his generation, including his rival, Alessandro Algardi. His talent extended beyond the confines of his sculpture to consideration of the setting in which it would be situated; his ability to synthesise sculpture, painting and architecture into a coherent conceptual and visual whole has been termed by the art historian Irving Lavin the "unity of the visual arts".[3] A deeply religious man, working in Counter Reformation Rome, Bernini used light as an important metaphorical device in the perception of his religious settings, often using hidden light sources that could intensify the focus of religious worship,[4] or enhance the dramatic moment of a sculptural narrative.
Bernini was also a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture along with his contemporaries, the architect, Francesco Borromini and the painter and architect, Pietro da Cortona. Early in their careers they had all worked at the same time at the Palazzo Barberini, initially under Carlo Maderno and on his death, under Bernini. Later on, however, they were in competition for commissions and fierce rivalries developed, particularly between Bernini and Borromini.[5][6] Despite the arguably greater architectural inventiveness of Borromini and Cortona, Bernini's artistic pre-eminence, particularly during the reigns of popes Urban VIII (1623–1644) and Alexander VII (1655–1665), meant he was able to secure the most important commission in the Rome of his day, St. Peter's Basilica. His design of the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica is one of his most innovative and successful architectural designs.
During his long career, Bernini received numerous important commissions, many of which were associated with the papacy. At an early age, he came to the attention of the papal nephew, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, and in 1621, at the age of only 23, he was knighted by Pope Gregory XV. Following his accession to the papacy, Urban VIII is reported to have said, "Your luck is great to see Cardinal Maffeo Barberini Pope, Cavaliere; but ours is much greater to have Cavalier Bernini alive in our pontificate."[7] Although he did not fare so well during the reign of Innocent X, under Alexander VII, he once again regained pre-eminent artistic domination and continued to be held in high regard by Clement IX.
Bernini and other artists fell from favour in later neoclassical criticism of the Baroque. It is only from the late 19th century that art historical scholarship, in seeking an understanding of artistic output in the cultural context in which it was produced, has come to recognise Bernini's achievements and restore his artistic reputation.
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Early life[edit]
Bernini was born in Naples to a Mannerist sculptor, Pietro Bernini, originally from Florence, and Angelica Galante, a Neapolitan, the sixth of their thirteen children.[8][9] Bernini himself would not marry until May 1639, at age forty-one, when he wed a twenty-two-year-old Roman woman, Caterina Tezio, in an arranged marriage. She bore him eleven children including youngest son Domenico Bernini who became his first biographer.[10] In 1606, at the age of eight he accompanied his father to Rome, where Pietro was involved in several high profile projects.[11] There, as a boy, Gianlorenzo's skill was soon noticed by the painter Annibale Carracci and by Pope Paul V, and he soon gained the important patronage of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the papal nephew. His first works were inspired by antique Hellenistic sculpture.
Rise to master sculptor[edit]
Under the patronage of the Cardinal Borghese, the young Bernini rapidly rose to prominence as a sculptor. Among the early works for the cardinal were decorative pieces for the garden of the Villa Borghese, such as The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, and several allegorical busts, including the Damned Soul and Blessed Soul. By the time he was 22, he was considered talented enough to have been given a commission for a papal portrait, the Bust of Pope Paul V.
Bernini's reputation was clearly established by four masterpieces, executed between 1619 and 1625, all now displayed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. To the art historian Rudolf Wittkower these four works—Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1619), The Rape of Proserpina (1621–1622), Apollo and Daphne (1622–1625), and David (1623–1624)—"inaugurated a new era in the history of European sculpture".[12] It is a view repeated by other scholars.[13] Adapting the classical grandeur of Renaissance sculpture and the dynamic energy of the Mannerist period, Bernini forged a new conception for religious and historical sculpture.
Unlike those of his predecessors, these sculptures focused on specific points of narrative tension in the stories they are trying to tell—Aeneas and family fleeing Rome; the instant that Pluto grasps Persephone; the moment Apollo sees his beloved Daphne begin her transformation into a tree. They are transitory moments in each story. Bernini's David is the most obvious example of this. Unlike Michelangelo's David—and versions by other Renaissance artists—which shows the subject in his triumph after the battle with Goliath, Bernini illustrates David during his combat with the giant, as he twists his body to catapult towards Goliath. To emphasise these moments, and to ensure these specific moments were appreciated by the viewer, Bernini designed the sculptures with a specific viewpoint in mind. Their original placements within the Villa Borghese were against walls, so that the viewers' first view was the dramatic moment of the narrative.[14][15]
The result of such an approach is to invest the sculptures with greater psychological energy. The viewer finds it easier to gauge the state of mind of the characters and therefore understands the larger story at work—Daphne's wide open mouth in fear astonishement; David biting his lip in determined concentration, or Prosperina desperately struggling to free herself. As well as psychological realism, they show a greater concern for representing physical details. The tousled hair of Pluto, the pliant flesh of Prosperina, or the forest of leaves beginning to envelop Daphne all demonstrate Bernini's exactitude and delight for representing complex real world textures in marble form.[16][17]
Mature sculptural output[edit]
Bernini's sculptural output was immense and varied. Among his other well-known sculptures: the Ecstasy of St. Theresa, in the Cornaro Chapel (see Bernini's Cornaro chapel: the complete work of art found in the Baroque section), Santa Maria della Vittoria, and the now-hidden Constantine, at the base of the Scala Regia (which he designed). He was given the commission for the Tomb of Pope Urban VIII in St Peters. He helped design the Ponte Sant'Angelo, sculpting two of the angels, soon replaced by copies by his own hand, while the others were made by his pupils based on his designs.
At the end of April 1665, at the height of his fame and powers he travelled to Paris, where he remained until November; he met Paul Fréart de Chantelou who kept a Journal of Bernini's visit.[18] Bernini's international popularity was such that on his walks in Paris the streets were lined with admiring crowds. This trip, encouraged by Father Oliva, general of the Jesuits, was a response to the repeated requests for his works by King Louis XIV. Here Bernini presented some designs for the east front of the Louvre. which were ultimately rejected. He soon lost favor at the French court as he praised the art and architecture of Italy over that of France; he said that a painting by Guido Reni was worth more than all of Paris.[citation needed] The sole work remaining from his time in Paris is a bust of Louis XIV, which set the standard for royal portraiture for a century.
Bernini's architectural works include sacred and secular buildings and sometimes their urban settings and interiors.[19] He made adjustments to existing buildings and designed new constructions. Amongst his most well known works are the Piazza San Pietro (1656–1667), the piazza and colonnades in front of St. Peter's Basilica and the interior decoration of the Basilica. Amongst his secular works are a number of Roman palaces: following the death of Carlo Maderno, he took over the supervision of the building works at the Palazzo Barberini from 1630 on which he worked with Borromini; the Palazzo Ludovisi (now Palazzo Montecitorio)(started 1650); and the Palazzo Chigi (now Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi) (started 1664).
His first architectural projects were the façade and refurbishment of the church of Santa Bibiana (1624–1626) and the St. Peter's baldachin (1624–1633), the bronze columned canopy over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica. In 1629, and before St. Peter's baldachin was complete, Urban VIII put him in charge of all the ongoing architectural works at St Peter's. However, due to political reasons and miscalculations in his design of the bell-towers for St. Peter's, of which only one was completed and then subsequently torn down, Bernini fell out of favor during the Pamphili papacy of Innocent X.[20] Never wholly without patronage, Bernini then regained a major role in the decoration of St. Peter's with the Pope Alexander VII Chigi, leading to his design of the piazza and colonnade in front of St. Peter's. Further significant works by Bernini at the Vatican include the Scala Regia, (1663–6) the monumental grand stairway entrance to the Vatican Palace and the Cathedra Petri, the Chair of Saint Peter, in the apse of St. Peter's.
Bernini did not build many churches from scratch, rather his efforts were concentrated on pre-existing structures, and in particular St. Peter's. He fulfilled three commissions for new churches; his stature allowed him the freedom to design the structure and decorate the interiors in a consistent manner. Best known is the small oval baroque church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, a work which Bernini's son, Domenico, reports his father was very pleased with.[21] Bernini also designed churches in Castelgandolfo (San Tommaso da Villanova, 1658–1661) and Ariccia (Santa Maria Assunta, 1662–1664).
When Bernini was invited to Paris in 1665 to prepare works for Louis XIV, he presented designs for the east facade of the Louvre Palace but his projects were ultimately turned down in favour of the more stern and classic proposals of the French doctor and amateur architect Claude Perrault,[22] signalling the waning influence of Italian artistic hegemony in France. Bernini's projects were essentially rooted in the Italian Baroque urbanist tradition of relating public buildings to their settings, often leading to innovative architectural expression in urban spaces like piazze or squares. However, by this time, the French absolutist monarchy now preferred the classicising monumental severity of Perrault's facade, no doubt with the added political bonus that it been designed by a Frenchman. The final version did, however, include Bernini's feature of a flat roof behind a Palladian balustrade.
In 1639, Bernini bought property on the corner of the via Mercede and the via del Collegio di Propaganda Fide in Rome. On this site he built himself a palace, the Palazzo Bernini, at what are now Nos 11 and 12 via della Mercede. He lived at No. 11 but this was extensively changed in the 19th century. It has been noted how very galling it must have been for Bernini to witness through the windows of his dwelling, the construction of the tower and dome of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte by his rival, Borromini, and also the demolition of the chapel that he, Bernini, had designed at the Collegio di Propaganda Fide to see it replaced by Borromini's chapel.[23]
Fountains in Rome[edit]
True to the decorative dynamism of Baroque, among Bernini's most gifted creations were his Roman fountains that were both public works and papal monuments. His fountains include the Fountain of the Triton or Fontana del Tritone and the Barberini Fountain of the Bees, the Fontana delle Api.[24] The Fountain of the Four Rivers or Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in the Piazza Navona is a masterpiece of spectacle and political allegory. An oft-repeated, but false, anecdote tells that one of the Bernini's river gods defers his gaze in disapproval of the facade of Sant'Agnese in Agone (designed by the talented, but less politically successful, rival Francesco Borromini). However, the fountain was built several years before the façade of the church was completed. Bernini was also the artist of the statue of the Moor in La Fontana del Moro in Piazza Navona (1653).
Marble portraiture[edit]
Bernini also revolutionized marble busts, lending glamorous dynamism and animation to the stony stillness of portraiture. Starting with the immediate pose, leaning out of the frame, of bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya at Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome. The once-gregarious Cardinal Scipione Borghese, in his bust is frozen in conversation.
His most famous portrait is that of Costanza Bonarelli (c. 1637). It does not portray divinity or royalty, but a woman in a moment of disheveled privacy. Bernini had an affair with Costanza, who was the wife of one of Bernini's assistants. When Bernini suspected Costanza to be involved with his brother, he badly beat him and ordered a servant to slash her face with a razor. Pope Urban VIII intervened on his behalf and he was fined.[25]
Bernini also gained royal commissions from outside Italy, for subjects such as Louis XIV, Cardinal Richelieu, Francesco I d'Este, Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria. The last two were produced in Italy from portraits made by Van Dyck (now in the royal collection), though Bernini preferred to produce portraits from life – the bust of Charles was lost in the Whitehall Palace fire of 1698 and that of Henrietta Maria was not undertaken due to the outbreak of the English Civil War.[26][27]
Other works[edit]
The Elephant and Obelisk, affectionately known as Bernini's Chick by the Roman people, is located in the Piazza della Minerva and in front of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Pope Alexander VII decided that he wanted an ancient Egyptian obelisk to be erected in the piazza and in 1665 he commissioned Bernini to create a sculpture to support the obelisk. The sculpture of an elephant bearing the obelisk on its back was created by one of Bernini's students, Ercole Ferrata and finished in 1667. An inscription on the base aligns the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Roman goddess Minerva with the Virgin Mary who the church is dedicated to.[28] A popular anecdote concerns the elephant's 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 as if it were defecating. The animal's rear is pointed directly at the office of Father Giuseppe Paglia, a Dominican friar, who was one of the main antagonists of Bernini and his artist friends, as a final salute and last word.[29]
Bernini worked along with Ercole Ferrata to create a much admired fountain for the Lisbon palace of the Portuguese nobleman, the Count of Ericeira. For the same patron he also created a series of paintings with the battles of Louis XIV as subject. These works were lost as the palace, its great library and the rich art collection of the Counts of Ericeira, were destroyed along with most of central Lisbon as a result of the great earthquake of 1755.
The death of his patron Urban VIII in 1644 and the election of the Pamphilj pope, Innocent X, initially marked a downturn in Bernini's career and released a series of opportunities for Bernini's rivals. However, within several years, Innocent reinstated him at St Peter's to work on the extended nave and commissioned the Four Rivers fountain in the Piazza Navona. At the time of Innocent's death in 1655, Bernini was the arbiter of public artistic taste in Rome. His artistic ascendency continued under Alexander VII.
He died in Rome in 1680, and was buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
Among the many who worked under his supervision were Luigi Bernini, Stefano Speranza, Giuliano Finelli, Andrea Bolgi, Filippo Parodi, Giacomo Antonio Fancelli, Lazzaro Morelli, Francesco Baratta Nicodemus Tessin[disambiguation needed], and Francois Duquesnoy. Among his rivals in architecture were Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona; in sculpture, Alessandro Algardi.
First biographies of Bernini[edit]
The most important primary source for the life of Bernini is the biography written by his youngest son, Domenico, entitled Vita del Cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino, published in 1713, though first compiled in the last years of his father's life (c. 1675–80).[30] Filippo Baldinucci's Life of Bernini, was published in 1682 and a meticulous private journal, the Diary of the Cavaliere Bernini's Visit to France, was kept by the Frenchman Paul Fréart de Chantelou during the artist's four-month stay from June–October 1665 at the court of King Louis XIV. Also there is a short biographical narrative, The Vita Brevis of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, written by his eldest son, Monsignor Pietro Filippo Bernini, in the mid-1670s,[31]
Until the late 20th century, it was generally believed that two years after Bernini's death, Queen Christina of Sweden, then living in Rome, commissioned Filippo Baldinucci to write his biography which was published in Florence in 1682.[32] However, recent research has suggested that it was in fact Bernini's sons (and specifically the eldest son, Mons. Pietro Filippo) who commissioned the biography from Baldinucci sometime in the late 1670s, with the intent of publishing it while their father was still alive. This would imply that firstly, that the commission did not come from Queen Christina who would have merely lent her name as patron and secondly, that Baldinucci's narrative was largely derived from Domenico Bernini's biography of his father, evidenced by the large amount of text repeated verbatim.[33] In sum, Domenico's biography, though published later than Baldinucci's, represents the earlier and more important full-length biographical source of Bernini's life, even though it may idealize a number of facts.
Selected works[edit]
- Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni (c. 1613–1616) Marble, life-size, Santa Prassede, Rome
- The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun (1615) Marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- A Faun Teased by Children (1616–1617) Marble, height 132,1 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1617) Marble, 66 x 108 cm, Contini Bonacossi Collection, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
- St. Sebastian (1617–1618) Marble, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
- Bust of Pope Paul V (1618) Marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1618–1619) Marble, height 220 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Bust of Giovanni Vigevano (1618–1631) Marble tomb, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
- Damned Soul (1619) Palazzo di Spagna, Rome
- Blessed Soul (1619) Palazzo di Spagna, Rome
- Neptune and Triton (1620) Marble, height 182,2 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya (c. 1621) Marble, life-size, Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome
- The Rape of Proserpina (1621–1622) Marble, height 295 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Bust of Antonio Cepparelli (1622) Marble, Museo di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome
- Apollo and Daphne (1622–1625) Marble, height 243 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- David (1623–1624) Marble, height 170 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- St. Peter's Baldachin (1624) Bronze, partly gilt, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
- Fontana del Tritone (1624–1643) Travertine, over life-size, Piazza Barberini, Rome
- Charity with Four Children (1627–1628) Terracotta, height 39 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican
- Fontana della Barcaccia (1627–1628) Marble, Piazza di Spagna, Rome
- Tomb of Pope Urban VIII (1627–1647) Golden bronze and marble, figures larger than life-size, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
- Saint Longinus (1631–1638) Marble, height 450 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
- Two Busts of Scipione Borghese (1632) Marble, height 78 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Bust of Pope Urban VIII (1632–1633) Bronze, height 100 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
- Charity with Two Children (1634) Terracotta, height 41.6 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
- Bust of Costanza Bonarelli (c. 1635) Marble, height 70 cm, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
- Bust of Thomas Baker (1638) Marble, height 81,6 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Bust of Cardinal Armand de Richelieu (1640–1641) Marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Truth (1645–1652) Marble, height 280 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Ecstasy of St. Theresa (1647–1652) Marble, Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
- Loggia of the Founders (1647–1652) Marble, Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
- Memorial to Maria Raggi (1647–1653) Gilt bronze and coloured marble, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
- Bust of Urban VIII Marble, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
- Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (1648–1651) Travertine and marble, Piazza Navona, Rome
- Bust of Pope Innocent X (c. 1650) Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome
- Corpus (1650) Bronze, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
- Daniel and the Lion (1650) Marble, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
- Francesco I d'Este (1650–1651) Marble, height 107 cm, Galleria Estense, Modena
- Fountain of the Moor (1653–1654) Marble, Piazza Navona, Rome
- The Vision of Constantine (1654–1670) Marble, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican City
- Daniel and the Lion (1655) Terracotta, height 41.6 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
- Habakkuk and the Angel (1655) Terracotta, height 52 cm, Museo Sacro, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
- Altar Cross (1657–1661) Gilt bronze corpus on bronze cross, height: corpus 43 cm, cross 185 cm, Treasury of San Pietro, Vatican City
- Chair of Saint Peter (1657–1666) Marble, bronze, white and golden stucco, Basilica di San Pietro, Rome
- Statue of Saint Augustine (1657–1666) Bronze, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
- Saint Jerome (1661–1663) Marble, height 180 cm, Cappella Chigi, Duomo, Siena
- Constantine, Scala Regia (1663–1670) Marble with painted stucco drapery, Scala Regia, Vatican Palace, Rome
- Bust of Louis XIV (1665) White marble, height 105 cm, salon de Diane, Musée National de Versailles, Versailles
- Elephant and Obelisk (erected 1667) Marble, Piazza di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
- Standing Angel with Scroll (1667–1668) Clay, terracotta, height: 29,2 cm, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge
- Angel with the Crown of Thorns (1667–1669) Marble, over life-size, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome
- Angel with the Superscription (1667–1669) Marble, over life-size, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome
- Bust of Gabriele Fonseca (1668–1675) Marble, over life-size, San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome
- Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV (1669–1670) Terracotta, height 76 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Herm of St. Stephen, King of Hungary Bronze, Cathedral of Zagreb Treasury, Zagreb
- Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (1671–1674) Marble, Cappella Altieri-Albertoni, San Francesco a Ripa, Rome
- Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (1671–1678) Marble and gilded bronze, over life-size, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City
Bernini's activity as a painter was a sideline which he did mainly in his youth. Despite this his work reveals a sure and brilliant hand, free from any trace of pedantry. He studied in Rome under his father, Pietro, and soon proved a precocious infant prodigy. His work was immediately sought after by major collectors.
- Self-Portrait as a Young Man (c. 1623) Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas (c. 1627) Oil on canvas, 59 x 76 cm, National Gallery, London
- Self-Portrait as a Mature Man (1630–1635) Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Portrait of a Boy (c. 1638) Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Citations
- ^ "Gian Lorenzo Bernini". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ Boucher, Bruce (1998). Italian Baroque Sculpture. Thames & Hudson (World of Art). pp. 134–42. ISBN 0500203075.
- ^ Lavin, Irving (1980). Bernini and the Unity of the Visual Arts. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Hibbard, Howard (1965). Bernini. New York: Penguin. p. 136.
- ^ Mileti, Nick J. (2005). Beyond Michelangelo: The deadly rivalry between Bernini and Borromini. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation.
- ^ Morrissey, Jake (2005). Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini and the rivalry that transformed Rome. New York: Harper Perennial.
- ^ Hibbard, Howard (1965). p. 68. Missing or empty
(help) - ^ Gallery.ca
- ^ Gale, Thomson. Gian Lorenzo Bernini Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2004. For list of Bernini's siblings, see Franco Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 2–3.
- ^ For Bernini's marriage to Caterina, and a list of Bernini's children, see Franco Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome (University of Chicago Press, 2011, pp. 109–116.
- ^ Gianlorenzo Bernini
- ^ Wittkower, p. 14.
- ^ Hibbard, p. 14. Although Hibbard, as well as other scholars, are more reticinent about the overall quality of the earliest of these sculptures, of Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius.
- ^ Wittkower, p. 15.
- ^ Hibbard, pp. 53-54.
- ^ Wittkower, pp. 14-15.
- ^ Hibbard, pp. 48-61.
- ^ See Gould, Cecil. Bernini in France, an episode in Seventeenth Century History, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1981
- ^ See Marder, Tod A. Bernini and the Art of Architecture Abbeville Press, New York and London, 1998
- ^ See McPhee, Sarah. Bernini and the bell towers: architecture and politics at the Vatican, Yale University Press, 2002
- ^ Magnuson Torgil, Rome in the Age of Bernini, Volume II, Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm, 1986: 202
- ^ Probably made in collaboration with Lebrun and Le Vau, Blunt, Anthony. Architecture in France 1500–1700, Pelican History of Art, 1953, p. 232
- ^ Blunt, Anthony. Guide to Baroque Rome, Granada, 1982, p. 166
- ^ This was dismantled in the nineteenth century and reassembled (incorrectly) in the twentieth in the Via Veneto. A second Fontana delle Api in the Vatican has sometimes been attributed to Bernini of which Blunt has written, "Borromini is documented as having carved the fountain in 1626, but it is not certain whether he made the design for it, and it has also been attributed—not very plausibly—to Bernini." Blunt, Anthony. Borromini, Belknap Harvard, 1979, 17
- ^ "Biographies – Gian Lorenzo Bernini", National Gallery of Canada, retrieved 29 October 2009
- ^ Triple Portrait of Charles I
- ^ Lionel Cust (31 March 2007). Van Dyck. Wellhausen Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-4067-7452-8. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ Heckscher, W. Bernini's Elephant and Obelisk, Art Bulletin, XXIX, 1947, p. 155.
- ^ This anecdote regarding the Elephant and Obelisk monument (more formally, it is a monument to Divine Wisdom) is one of the many undocumented popular legends circulating about Bernini. In truth of fact, Fr. Giuseppe Paglia was director of the overall project to reconstruct the piazza in front of Santa Maria Minerva, appointed by Pope Alexander VII and, as such, had supervisory authority over Bernini and the design of his Elephant and Obelisk monument. The final design of that monument in fact owes much to Paglia's direct intervention. Hence, it is unlikely that Paglia would have allowed this supposed insult to him or his Dominican order: see Franco Mormando, ed. and trans., Domenico Bernini's Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2011), p. 369, n. 33.
- ^ For a list and discussion of important sources for Bernini's life, see Franco Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 7–11.
- ^ For a translation of The Vita Brevis, see Domenico Bernini's Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Mormando, ed., 201 Appendix 1, pp. 237–41.
- ^ Baldinucci, Filippo, Life of Bernini. Translated from the Italian by Enggass, C. University Park, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
- ^ See Mormando, Domenico Bernini's Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 2011, pp. 14–34. Christina's extant financial records nowhere report the queen's having monetarily subsidized the publication Baldinucci's biography, which would have been her responsibility as patron.
- Bibliography
- Hibbard, Howard (1990). Bernini. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780140135985.
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0801414305.
Further reading[edit]
- Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0500092710.
- Bacchi, Andrea, ed. (2009). I marmi vivi: Bernini e la nascita del ritratto barocco. Firenze: Firenze musei. ISBN 978-8809742369.
- Bacchi, Andrea, and Catherine Hess, Jennifer Montagu, ed. (2008). Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 978-0892369324.
- Baldinucci, Filippo (1966). The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0271730769. Unknown parameter
ignored (help) - Baldinucci, Filippo (1682). Vita del cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino. Firenze: Stamperia di V. Vangelisti. Copy at Google Books.
- Bernini, Domenico (1713). Vita del Cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino. Rome: Rocco Bernabò. Copy at Google Books.
- Bernini, Domenico (2011, orig. publ. 1713). Franco Mormando, ed. The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini. University Park: Penn State University Press. ISBN 9780271037486.
- Borsi, Franco (2005). Bernini. Milano: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0847805099.
- Chantelou, Paul Fréart de (1985). Anthony Blunt, ed. Journal du voyage en France du cavalier Bernin. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0833705310.
- Delbeke, Maarten, and Evonne Levy, Steven F. Ostrow, ed. (2006). Bernini's biographies: critical essays. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
- Fagiolo Dell'Arco, Maurizio (1967). Bernini: una introduzione al gran teatro del barocco. Roma: M. Bulzoni.
- Ferrari, Oreste (1991). Bernini. Firenze: Giunti Gruppo. ISBN 978-8809761537.
- Fraschetti, Stanislao (1900). Il Bernini: La sua vita, la sua opera, il suo tempo. Milano: U.Hoepli. ISBN 978-1248328897.
- Gould, Cecil (1981). Bernini in France: An Episode in Seventeenth Century History. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297779445.
- Lavin, Irving (1980). Bernini and the Unity of the Visual Arts. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195201840.
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- Excerpts from The life of the Cavaliers Bernini
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the "A World History of Art"
- Extract on Bernini from Simon Schama's The Power of Art
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The local housing market ended last year on a positive note, with improved sales and prices.
Sales of single-family homes in the area reached 245 transactions last month, a 16 percent rise compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the South Bay Association of Realtors. The report covers the South Bay, excluding the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Inglewood.
The median price rose 8.7 percent to $500,000, up from a year earlier. The median price is the middle figure where half of homes sold for more and half for less.
The number of single-family homes for sale last month fell nearly by half to 515 units. That represented 1.1 months worth of inventory, down from 3.5 months in December 2011.
"Even over the holiday season when real estate sales are traditionally slower, we have seen signs of improvement in the marketplace as more buyers are emerging," said Sheri Fejeran, president of the local Realtors group, in a statement. "With barely one month's supply of inventory in the South Bay, those homes are selling fast."
December sales of condos and town homes were also strong, with 123 units changing hands, up 11 percent from a year ago.
The median price for this segment of the housing market was $395,000, 18 percent more than the same period a year earlier.
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"Just as soon as they come up, they're sold," Realtor Paul Clark said of homes for sale. "Our listings, if they go into a second week, we get a little concerned."
Paul, who co-owns Dale S. Clark Co. Realtors in Hawthorne, said that low inventory levels may have created a sense of urgency among prospective home buyers.
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To convict someone of DUI, DUI Per Se, or DWI in Maryland, the state must prove that that person was driving a motor vehicle. In many DUI cases, this is extremely straightforward- the police officer observed the defendant driving their vehicle on the roadway, and can testify to that fact at trial. However, there are some cases in which the driver is contacted in a stationary vehicle, either pulled over on the side of the roadway or in a parking space.
The key question that courts will look at in this situation is, "Was the Defendant in actual physical control of a motor vehicle?" The Court of Appeals laid out some of the factors that should be considered in deciding this question in Atkinson v. State, a 1993 case. These factors include:
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It wasn't long ago that Big Pharma saw great opportunity in the developing world. Now it sees a painful patent war. Multinational drug companies are fighting to protect their intellectual property in a conflict that pits them against the governments of developing nations. It's a battle that illustrates the sometimes competing interests of companies' IP rights and poor people's access to medicine. And the conflict seems to be spreading.
The principal battleground is India, which has been dubbed "the world's pharmacy" because of its successful generic drug manufacturing industry. In recent years companies have watched the country's patent authority reject applications, dismiss infringement suits, revoke existing patents, and even order a pharmaceutical company to issue a compulsory license to a generic drug maker for one of its patented drugs. The world's largest drugmakers, which once thought that India would be a lucrative new market, now fear that generic drug makers will supplant their business there.
The most recent example occurred in November, when the Indian patent authority revoked a patent granted six years ago to Roche Holding AG for its hepatitis C drug Pegasys. It cited a lack of evidence that the drug was any better than existing treatments and its high price as reasons for the decision. The drug, which was granted a patent in 2006, was the first medicine to be protected in India.
The decision comes on the heels of another setback for the drug industry. In October, India revoked Pfizer Inc.'s patent for its cancer drug Sutent. In doing so, the patent authority reversed its 2007 decision granting patent protection on the drug, which is used to treat kidney cancer. It said the drug didn't involve the necessary innovation as claimed in the patent and was "hence not patentable" under local law. Also this year, an Indian court dismissed a patent infringement suit filed by Swiss drugmaker Roche against Indian generic drug maker Cipla Ltd. involving Roche's cancer drug Tarceva.
As if the patent issue weren't enough to put the pharma companies on edge, in March, India's patent office ordered Germany's Bayer AG to issue a license to an Indian generic drug maker to make and sell a copy of its patented cancer drug Nexavar and market it at one-thirtieth the cost. The move, which the Indian government said was necessary because Bayer was not making the drug affordable, marked the first time India had ever ordered a compulsory license of a patented drug.
Bayer has appealed the ruling to the country's Intellectual Property Appellate Board, but in May the board refused to stay the order to issue a license pending appeal, leaving the generic drug maker free to market the cancer drug.
The drug manufacturers are beside themselves. "The order of the Patent Controller of India damages the international patent system," says Bayer spokesperson Heather Levi Guzzi. "The limited period of marketing exclusivity made possible by patents ensures that the costs associated with the research and development of innovative medicines can be recovered."
International aid groups see it differently. They warn that if lower-cost generic drugs are not made available in these markets, inexpensive medicines to treat AIDS, cancer, and other diseases could disappear. "Then it's the patients who will suffer," says Aziz ur Rehman, a Geneva-based intellectual property adviser to Doctors Without Borders.
Patenting drugs is a relatively recent development in India. Until 2005, the country recognized only process patents for making pharmaceutical productsnot the actual products themselves. But it began extending patent protection to pharmaceuticals in an effort to adhere to the World Trade Organization's multilateral agreements on intellectual property. And once it adopted an expanded patent law, multinationals saw opportunity and began moving in.
It wasn't long, however, before the companies began to realize that India set a higher bar than Europe and the United States for approving patents. In 2006, for example, India rejected Swiss drugmaker Novartis's patent application for the drug Glivec, which is used to treat people suffering from leukemia. The decision was based on a section of India's patent law that prohibits a newer form of a known substance from receiving a patent unless it significantly improves the medicine's "efficacy."
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Rob Parker's termination from ESPN isn't the first time a television or radio host has fallen into boiling water over questionable comments or actions they deemed harmless. Check out this list of the top controversial firings of radio and TV hosts beginning with…
How It Happened: The South Carolina bred radio host is known for speaking his mind, regardless of who's in the studio. After getting the axe four times, his most recent firing happened in 2009 at Philadelphia's radio station 100.3 The Beat after a headlining interview with Beanie Siegel, which "possibly could've played a part" in his termination.
Where Are They Now: As one-third of The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1, Charlamagne never hesitates to open the doors of controversy, plus he still handles his firings like a true G.
Charlamagne Tha God
How It Happened: The South Carolina bred radio host is known for speaking his mind, regardless of who's in the studio. After getting the axe four times, his most recent firing happened in 2009 at Philadelphia's radio station 100.3 The Beat after a headlining interview with Beanie Siegel, which "possibly could've played a part" in his termination.
Where Are They Now: As one-third of The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1, Charlamagne never hesitates to open the doors of controversy, plus he still handles his firings like a true G.
Donnell Rawlings
How It Happened: Although reason for Donnell Rawling's departure from Power 105.1 was due to the station moving in a different direction, "Ashy Larry" of the "Ed Lover Show With Egypt and Ashy" stirred controversy with their "Are You Smarter Than An Asian?" segment. A few listeners took offense to the remarks made during the airing, prompting Chinese organizations to take a stand against the segment.
Where Are They Now: Today, the former Chappelle's Show regular is continuing his comedic act as he appears on MTV's Guy Codeand other stand-up shows. Clearly, he's bounced back.
Star & Bucwild
How It Happened: In 2001, the two radio hosts were fired after playing a distasteful sound byte of a woman screaming before being silenced by a loud crash, mocking the death of R&B singer Aaliyah. This prompted co-host Miss Jones to storm out and the show commenced to receive backlash from the community.
Where Are They Now: Later, the duo landed a show at Power 105.1, where Star was once again fired after stating threatening remarks about DJ Envy's (who was spinning for Hot 97) then 4-year-old daughter. The Star and Buc Wild Show continued in 2010 with their segment on HipHopWired and on Shot 97 Radio.
Ann Curry
How It Happened: Over speculation that a drop in viewer ratings was the reason for Curry's firing, the news anchor was let go of her position as co-host of the Today Show in 2012.
Where Are They Now: News of a possible position at CNN is brewing. Is she going to accept it?
Sean Salisbury
How It Happened: The former ESPN football analyst not only shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for the sport but decided to share a cell phone picture of his genitals with his co-workers. Sean Salisbury was fired in 2006 after 12 years on the job.
Where Are They Now: You can still find Salisbury's commentary – unfiltered – on playerpress.com.
Scott Torgerson
How It Happened: Former co-host of "The Common Man & The Torg" on 97.1 The Fan (ESPN affiliate), Scott Torgerson was fired after he tweeted "I wish Desmond Howard would get fired or die so I can watch Gameday again," who was also a fellow sports analyst.
Where Are They Now: Known as one of the more outspoken "sports talk shock jocks," The Torg can be heard on 92.3 in Cleveland, OH.
Wendy Williams
How It Happened: Once the talk show diva posted pictures of Diddy on the beach with his swimming trunks way below the waist, Hot 97 suspended Wendy Williams. That eventually led to her expulsion.
Where Are They Now: Today she continues her television talk show "The Wendy Williams Show" in New York City.
Rush Limbaugh
How It Happened: During his stint as a football analyst on ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" in 2003, Limbaugh commented on the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Buffalo Bills 23-13 win (mainly pointing out Donavan McNabb) stating: "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performances of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team." He stated his comments were not racially charged but "resigned" expressing "the great people at ESPN did not want to deal with this kind of reaction."
Where Are They Now: Rush still hosts his talk radio segment "The Rush Limbaugh Show."
Ed Lover
How It Happened: With a tweet that read "Power 105 decided to move in a new direction without me ….. #truthtweet" legendary host Ed Lover was let go of his hosting position at Power 105.1 in 2010.
Where Are They Now: Ed later showed his support for The Breakfast Club crew, who took over his position. He recently dropped a new C'mon son viral video and continues to host shows.
How It Happened: Henry Bonsu, University of Oxford graduate, was "sacked" from his BBC radio talk show "because he failed to 'connect' with audiences, and listening figures for his slot had been low." The Guardian reported in 2004 that David Robey, the station's managing editor, said Bonsu's intellectual approach "did not fit with the station's agenda." Bonsu's show focused on issues that affect the black community.
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Senator Mark Pryor toured Little Rock Air Force Base on Wednesday, making it clear he's unhappy with the way the Air Force has talked about cuts and that Arkansas' bases are vital to national security.
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Gouverneur police recover stolen electronics
Search warrants executed at two village homes turned up a cache of electronic items allegedly stolen from vehicles in recent weeks, Gouverneur police said Wednesday.
Gouverneur woman held in domestic incident
Fern R. LaRue, 40, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest, second-degree harassment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Gouverneur woman accused of misdemeanor harassment for text messages
Ashley J. Neuroth, 25, Gouverneur, was arrested by St. Lawrence County Sheriff's deputies after an investigation of reported harassment.
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By: Beth Croughan
With the deadline to make a decision regarding the so called fiscal cliff looming, our Beth Croughan has more on what the impact could be on small businesses and their customers.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Step inside ta-da! in Albany's Stuyvasent Plaza and you'll find a lot of unique and quirky items.
"There's a bit of maybe escapist (attitude), in saying that the stuff in our store is so much fun, it brings a smile to people's faces, maybe a little bit silly that it takes their mind off the fiscal cliff issue, you know, for now," said ta-da! owner Michael Richman.
While the store may help take their mind off of what's going on in Washington. Richman said it's still a concern for both him and his customers.
"We do have faith in our elected officials that they're not going to let this happen to us," he said.
What could happen, is that a combination of tax increases and spending cuts could go into effect if we go over the so-called fiscal cliff. That is, if decision makers don't make one by December 31st.
"The thought that in a few weeks we could get to a significant time for them and the viability of their businesses to have such a significant increase in costs is pretty disturbing and it's going to impact future hiring, it's going to impact potential expansion of their business," said National Federation of Independent Business State Director Michael Durant.
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a mustache that is so ingrained with white trash DNA, it grows in weak, with only a small number of thin hairs as compared to a normal mustache. I.E.-Cletus the slack-jawwed yokel has a crustache. Like my crustache?
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People in Schoharie have been watching this storm closely, remembering the destruction Irene left in its wake more than a year ago. It's where we find our Maria Valvanis with an update on conditions there.
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. – "I'd rather move it twice than lose it twice. That's my new saying," Leslie Price said.
Fourteen months after Irene stole homes, businesses and memories, even students at the Schoharie Elementary School are hoping Sandy steers clear of their village.
"This isn't a little tropical storm we're getting excited about. It's a huge hurricane and I just want to be prepared," Price said.
County officials are taking preventative measures. They've lowered the water in nearby reservoirs to stave off potential flooding. But because of damages lingering from last year's storm, that effort will only take them so far.
"Our streams have not fully recovered in any way shape or form. They don't store water the way they should," said Jim Tierney of the New York State Department of Conservation.
The biggest threat expected from Sandy are high winds. Any amount of excessive water could be a problem. Officials say that's why it's so important for you to stay informed.
"We've established a 211 number," said Kevin Neary of Schoharie County Emergency management. "It's a number that's established through United Way to provide people with information on what they should do in preparation for the storm."
Officials tell us they have everything from water pumps to snow plows ready for whatever Sandy throws their way. Because if Irene taught the community anything, it's to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
Price said, "We have to know how to prepare now that we know it's a possibility. It's just gonna have to be a part of our life."


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ROYERSFORD Theres no question Spring-Ford has captured the fancy of its loyal following, and a lot of Pioneer Athletic Conference football fans attention as well, with its current postseason run in the District 1-Class AAAA playoffs.
Phoenixville head coach Bill Furlong and the Phantoms will be among the well-wishers when the Rams travel to Perkasie on Saturday for a semifinal shootout with Pennridge.
Just dont expect Furlong or the Phantoms to be cheering for their Pioneer Athletic Conference rivals tonight when they meet at Coach McNelly Stadium. And dont expect them to give two hoots that theyre lining up against Spring-Fords non-varsity starters, either.
Weve preached all year that our goal is to play our best game that week, and that hasnt changed (for tonight), Furlong explained. Thats our goal, regardless of the other teams record, what injuries they may have
We have to be ready for anything. We have to be ready for (Spring-Ford), too, because their junior varsity players are pretty darn good. They probably wouldve had a few wins in our league this year.
If tonights game does indeed play out as it appears it will, the Phantoms (5-3, 6-5 overall) who have been idle since a District 1-Class AAA first-round loss to Interboro two weeks ago will obviously be heavily favored over the Rams (7-1, 11-1).
Furlong has a handful-plus of the areas top players in two-way starters Sean Hesser, Brian Hyland, Cole Luzins, Ryan Pannella, Tom White and Ryan Yenchick. He also has four more, namely Chris Demey, Zack Gallow, Paul Hossler and Brian Madden, whove contributed way beyond early-season expectations.
Offensively, the Phantoms have moved the ball well enough to average 325 yards a game. Yenchick (1,019 yards), Justin McDougal (478) and Hesser (440) have provided the bulk of that carrying the ball. Demey, a first-year senior starter, has accounted for most of the rest by throwing the ball for 1,108 yards. And Pannella, Yenchick and Luzins have latched onto 58 of his 73 completions.
Defensively, theyve been a little generous allowing an average of 345 yards and 22 points a game.
However, Spring-Ford will be hard-pressed to suppress the Phantoms offensive numbers, or go over those defensive norms.
We told our players this is their first varsity game and to make the most of it, said Spring-Ford head coach Chad Brubaker. We want to find out if they will stand up and compete.
We had everyone in for films (Sunday) night. My sense is everyone understands the situation. Its unfortunate because I know Phoenixville wants to play us at our best, and wed like to do the same. But we have to come back to what is best for our program, and what is safest for our players.
Brubaker said Zac DeMedio, Brandon Leacraft and Matt Daywalt will share time at quarterback. DeMedio (0-for-1) is the only one among the three to attempt a pass this season. The Rams will rotate a lot of running backs and wideouts behind a line thatll feature Tyler German, Joey Goul, David Moran, Nate Schoeck and Chase Stine, and Bryce Rhodenbaugh at tight end.
Phoenixville, which won three of its final four regular-season games losing only to then unbeaten Pottsgrove in Week 10 during that stretch is well-rested, but not rusty.
Weve been playing Thanksgiving games for a long time, with last year being the first time it wasnt exactly that way, Furlong explained. I know our seniors would like to go out on a positive note, so Im sure theyll be ready to play.
And for good reason most fans around the PAC-10 didnt expect the Phantoms to do quite as well as they did this season.
I think we could have been a little more successful if wed done a better job under pressure, Furlong said. The thing is, thats hard to simulate at practice. You dont know how theyll respond until theyre in it. But all in all, this group has accomplished a lot.
Theyve been involved in getting our program back to playoff caliber. They are tough, blue-collar type kids who have seen it all. Their sophomore year was a low point, last year (getting to the district final) was kind of a high point. They have stayed the course, and everyone has contributed. So when you look at the whole picture they have certainly accomplished a lot.
That whole picture, though it has a bit of a different look from Spring-Fords viewpoint, is what Brubaker and the Rams are seeing.
This game is a distraction for us, Brubaker said, referring to the preparation needed for the district semifinal on Saturday. The only team in a worse scenario is Pennridge, which is playing (Thursday morning against Quakertown) for an outright league title. We wanted to play (tonight) so wed be able to move forward as quickly as possible.
And, despite the odds Brubaker is obviously aware of, hopefully move forward with a win.
Spring-Ford leads the PAC-10 series, 15-11, while Phoenixville leads the overall series, 27-25-5.
The Rams won six in a row from 1991-96, while the Phantoms swept eight straight from 2002-09.
Furlong is 6-2 against the Rams, while Brubaker is 2-0 against the Phantoms.
Rhodenbaugh, a promising 6-foot-1, 195-pound sophomore, is the son of Gary Rhodenbaugh, a captain on Spring-Fords undefeated 1992 team and Spring-Fords head coach from 2003-09. He is currently an assistant on Furlongs staff.


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Here ya go. Trade rule #2 says "2. You cannot trade picks not available in the index."
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ohhh I see. why dont yall agree to just draft players for each other and then trade the players after?
He's not on. LOL haven't heard from him since early last night
Yeah only picks in the index.
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I have a couple guys i really wanna get... not sure if either would be there at 24, so i'm trying to trade up
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I thought, and still do that Banks should be released. He will not contribute that much as a receiver, and A.Robinson can handle Kick-offs, with Moss handling punt returns. His spot on the roster needs to be filled with secondary help. Just my 2 cents!!
Slaton is a pretty good blocking back is'nt he? maybe that is why the skins are thinking about signing him as opposed to using his running skills.
Shanahan said Brandon Banks proved to him that he could play wide receiver, but that Banks "made the team as a playmaker." Shanahan said, "we've got to find ways to get the ball in his hands." He said that he can envision Banks lining up at tailback from time to time as well.
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Bobbie C. Cox, 75
CARTHAGE — Mr. Bobbie Carl Cox, 75, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 at his home. Mr. Cox was born on Dec. 31, 1937 to Charles Milton and Hulda Elizabeth Rogers Cox.
A home-going celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Cox Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Steve Johnson and Pastor David Bibey officiating. Burial will follow at Cameron Community Cemetery will military honors.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Cox Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory of Vass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to FirstHealth Hospice Foundation, 150 Applecross Road, Pinehurst, N.C. 28374.
Condolences may be sent to www.coxmemorialfuneralhome.com.


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If you have read this blog over the last couple of years, you'll know that I have had severe hormonal issues after the birth's of my children. One of the ways I handled it was blogging about, because I often times felt like I was the only one dealing with these types of issues. What I didn't know was that there many other women out there with the same issues. ...continue reading
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