Tag: rome
All the articles with the tag "rome".
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Raphael Self Portrait School of Athens: The Painter Who Hid in the Corner
Published:• 13 min readThe Raphael self portrait School of Athens tucks the painter beside Ptolemy at age twenty seven, staring straight out and claiming a seat among the ancients.
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School of Athens Figures Identified: Who's Who in Raphael's Fresco
Published:• 15 min readSchool of Athens figures identified one by one: Leonardo as Plato, Michelangelo as Heraclitus, Euclid as Bramante, and the painter hiding in the corner.
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The Sistine Chapel Restoration Controversy: Did the Vatican Ruin Michelangelo?
Published:• 16 min readThe Sistine Chapel restoration controversy of 1980 to 1994 turned the ceiling from brown to neon, and one professor spent his life calling it a crime.
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The Creation of Adam Hidden Meaning: Why There's a Brain in God's Cloak
Published:• 16 min readThe Creation of Adam hidden meaning that a doctor noticed in 1990, and why once you see the brain in God's cloak, you cannot unsee it.
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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.