An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum offers an interesting look into how Bernini’s large statuary was made.  Various statues and groupings, mostly in Rome, are the focus of this show.  Bernini’s plans included sketches with amazing details.  He, or an assistant, would make clay models, fired as terracotta, of the eventual larger pieces.  The show presents some of these drawings and clay sketches. Both the sketches and these small clay pieces give us an intimate and fascinating view of the preparation and process that went into Bernini’s work.  The exhibit can be seen until January 6th.