Bust a Move

"The myth is ancient, but the narrative is important to the revolution Bernini soon made in the traditional genre of the portrait bust. 'Apollo and Daphne' records a vivacious being who is transformed into a static tree--a living object that's incapable of voluntary movement. That's also a pretty good description of Bernini's goal for a person's portrait carved in stone.
"How did he do it?"

Christopher Knight in the Los Angeles Times reviews "Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture" at the Getty Center.