Anyways, just wanted to post a few "addendum" pictures before diving back into my Baroque tour of Rome. Also, you can click on any of the pictures in my blog to see a bigger version (and all the detail in the Corinthian columns!).
Monday, August 4, 2008
An Aside: Revisiting the Baroque
So I returned to Rome this past weekend and revisited most of the sites from my Baroque tour just so that I would have some more time to appreciate the art and architecture. Also, Sant'Andrea was open this past Saturday, so I got to see what Bernini did to try to "one-up" Borromini. I have to say, I prefer Borromini's more subdued style.
Anyways, just wanted to post a few "addendum" pictures before diving back into my Baroque tour of Rome. Also, you can click on any of the pictures in my blog to see a bigger version (and all the detail in the Corinthian columns!).
Altar-piece at Santa Maria della Vittoria - L'estasi is off to the left. Mr. Beautiful sure does like his gold!
Exterior of Borromini's San Carlino.
The dome of Bernini's Sant'Andrea is much larger than Borromini's San Carlino dome, but you get the idea. And of course the entire dome is gold in color! I think Bernini's heaven is lavish gold while Borromini's is geometrized white. Very interesting contrast, to say the least.
Anyways, just wanted to post a few "addendum" pictures before diving back into my Baroque tour of Rome. Also, you can click on any of the pictures in my blog to see a bigger version (and all the detail in the Corinthian columns!).
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