Works and artists Ancient art Baroque baroque art Latium Pietro da Cortona Roman Baroque Rome Six hundred
When, in August 1623, Maffeo Barberini (Florence, 1568 - Rome, 1644) ascended to the papal throne with the name of Urban VIII, many intellectuals, scientists and artists rested their hopes on this learned and refined man, hoping for a…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Baroque Rome Six hundred
At Palazzo Barberini, one of the two venues of the National Galleries of Ancient Art in Rome, until Oct. 3 it will be possible to visit Tempo Barocco, an exhibition dedicated to time as it was investigated, interpreted, and told by some of…
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Works and artists Archaeology Augusto Latium Rome
After a full fourteen years of closure , the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome will reopen to the public in March 2021. The famous structure dates back to the first century BC, and was erected at the behest of the founder of the principality…
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Works and artists Ancient art Five hundred Pieter Bruegel
In 1565 the Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel (Breda, c. 1525-Brussels, 1569), at the height of his career, produced a series of paintings devoted to the theme of the months of the year for the wealthy merchant Niclaes Jonghelinck, who later…
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Works and artists Ancient art Baroque Gian Lorenzo Bernini Rome Six hundred
On February 5, 1629, with the reigning pope of the House of Barberini, Urban VIII, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, 1598 - Rome, 1680) was appointed as the new architect of the Fabbrica di San Pietro, just days after the death of his…
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Works and artists Ancient art Five hundred Latium Raphael Renaissance Rome
In the early sixteenth century an Umbrian noblewoman, Atalanta Baglioni, found herself involved as much in a bloody episode that destroyed her family, profoundly marking the history of the city of Perugia, as in the artistic affair that…
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Works and artists Ancient art Five hundred Michelangelo Buonarroti Renaissance Rome
In Rome, one of Michelangelo Buonarroti's best-known sculptural creations is housed inside the Basilica of St. Peter in Vincoli, to which the evocative Borgia climb leads from Via Cavour: the Moses. The artist began work on the statue…
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Exhibition reviews Antonio Canova Neoclassicism Nineteenth century Rome
In 1787, commenting on the mausoleum of Pope Clement XIV that Antonio Canova had just completed in the Basilica of the Holy Apostles in Rome, the learned writer and theorist of neoclassicism Francesco Milizia wrote in a letter, "Canova is…
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