Bernini, Gian Lorenzo Syllabification: (Ber·ni·ni, Gian Lorenzo)Pronunciation: /bərˈnēnē/Definition of Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598–1680), Italian sculptor, painter, and architect. His work includes the great canopy over the altar and the colonnade around the piazza at St. Peter’s in Rome. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bernini, Gian Lorenzo in the British & World English dictionary