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bernini: it ought to rock him
Bernini: behold the roots of heaven. They are made of stone… In 1623 Cardinal Barberini became Pope Urban VIII and, according to a probably apocryphal anecdote, told Bernini: “it is your great good luck, Cavaliere, to see Maffeo Barberini pope. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bernini Counter Reformation, Bernini portrait of Thomas Baker, Bernini sculpture Rome, Bernini St. Peter's, Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Cardinal Barberini, Cardinal Richelieu, Janson, Janson History of Art, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Merritt Janson, Michelangelo, Michelangelo and Julius II, pope Urban VIII, Robert Hughes, Simon Schama, Thomas Baker Bernini
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poussin : zest for the western spaghetti
Nicolas Poussin wanted to go to the source. And the source, at that time, was Rome… Twice, he tried to reach it. Twice, lack of money stopped him. The decisive opportunity was given him in 1624 by a poet, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caravaggio, Cardinal Antonio Barberini, cassiano dal pozzo, Donald Kuspit, Ernst Gombrich, Erwin Panofsky, John Milton, Keith Christiansen, Leonardo Da Vinci, marino adonis, Marino Marini, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens, pietra da cortona, Richard Wolheim, Titian
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AS THE WORLD URNS
The Barberini vase or Portland Vase as it became known as, is the most famous cameo-glass vessel from antiquity. it has been studied for centuries by scholars trying to determine its original utilitarian purpose and the perplexing meaning of its … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barberini Ivory, Barberini Vase, British Museum, Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Cardinal Francesco Maria Borbone del Monte, Duke of Portland, Emma Hamilton, Erasmus Darwin, Faustina Antoninus, Josiah Wedgewood, Jupiter and Olympias, Lesley Pyke, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Margaret Duchess of Portland, Medea and Jason, Portland vase, Sir William Hamilton, Theseus and Amphitrite, William Lloyd, William lloyd Portland Vase, Wolf Mankowitz, Zeus and Leda
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