Tag: baroque
All the articles with the tag "baroque".
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The Painting That Looks Back: Velazquez's Las Meninas
Published:• 13 min readVelazquez painted himself painting the king and queen, who are not in the picture except as a reflection, in a Madrid room you can still stand in.
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Where to See Caravaggio in Rome: A Walking Guide to Every Painting
Published:• 20 min readA walking guide to every surviving Caravaggio painting in the city of Rome -- seven churches and museums, and the fastest route between them.
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Bernini David Biting His Lip Is a Self-Portrait
Published:• 10 min readBernini's David at the Galleria Borghese is a self-portrait mid-throw: a twenty-five-year-old glaring at his reflection, redefining the subject.
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Rape of Proserpina Bernini Carved With Fingers That Sink Into Stone
Published:• 10 min readBernini's Rape of Proserpina in the Galleria Borghese is marble fingers pressing into marble flesh. The trick a twenty-three-year-old invented.
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The Apollo and Daphne Bernini Finished at Twenty-Four Has Leaves You Can Hear
Published:• 11 min readBernini's Apollo and Daphne at the Galleria Borghese was carved by a twenty-four-year-old and pushes marble to its physical breaking point.
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The Galleria Borghese Was Built by a Cardinal Who Stole Art on a Technicality
Published:• 11 min readThe Borghese collection in Rome holds four Bernini masterpieces in two hours because one cardinal built it with confiscations and nephew money.