Rome’s lesser-known ‘other Sistine Chapel’ is a frenzy of opulence
Entering the Sistine Chapel is an exercise in wonder. It is swathed in art, seemingly no expense spared, and there’s barely a ...
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Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome
By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Some 430 years after the Lombard ... Three altar paintings for the Contarelli chapel are in the French church of San Luigi, his first, important ...
A rare peek at the hidden waterworks behind Rome’s Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain, arguably the world’s most famous, has graced screens for decades, from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” to ...
Tennis17y
Rome: Rocking the Sistine Chapel
You’ve got St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, and those scary clown guards ... And Renaissance sculpture. And Baroque sculpture. I wasn’t clear on exactly what was what, and I don’t think ...
Berkshire Eagle16d
Caravaggio, Baroque's Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome
because they were painted while the chapel was being built, and didn't fit the space. He repainted both subjects. Subsequently, the "Crucifixion" was lost, but the first version of "Conversion," which ...