Art in Rome Final

Caravaggio, Palafrenieri Madonna, originally commissioned by the Palafrenieri for their altar at St. Peter’s, 1606

Bernini, The Flight From Troy (Anchises, Aeneas, Ascanius), 1618-19, based on Virgil, Aeneid

Bernini, Pluto and Persephone, patron: Scipione Borghese; advisor: Maffeo Barberini, 1621-22

Based on Ovid, Metamorphoses

Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, patron: Scipione Borghese; advisor: Maffeo Barberini, 1622-25

Based on Ovid, Metamorphoses and other poets such as Petrarch and Marino

Bernini, David, patron: Scipione Borghese; advisor: Maffeo Barberini, 1623-24

Domenichino, Diana and Her Nymphs, originally for Cardinal Aldobrandini but “bought” by Scipione Borghese, possible advisor: Agucchi, 1617-18.  Based on the long poetic tradition of the “Archers’competition” (Homer, Virgil, Sannazzaro, Marino, Alamanni, etc.) and the poetic tradition about the “Dangers of Beauty” (Plato, Valerian, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ficino, Bembo, Tasso, etc)

Bernini, Baldaquin-Altar-Tomb of St. Peter, patron: Urban VIII Barberini, 1624-33

Bernini, Cathedra Petri, patron: alexander VII Chigi, 1657-66

Bernini and other artists, Crossing of St. Peter’s with Statues of St. Veronica, patron: Urban VIII Barberini, 1629-40

Bernini, Piazza San Pietro, c. 1670

Bernini, Bridge of Castel Sant’Angelo, 1680

Bernini, Fountain of the Four Rivers (Danube, Nile, Amazon, Gange), 1647-51, patron: Innocent X Pamphili, possible advisor: Athanasius Kircher writer of Obeliscus Pamphili

Borromini, exterior and plan of Sant’ Ivo alla Sapienza, c. 1642 to early1660s patrons: Archiginnasio (University) under Urban VIII Barberini, Innocent X Pamphili, Alexander VII Chigi

 

Athanasius Kircher, Turris Babel

Athanasius Kircher, arca glottotactica

 

Father Alessandro Gottifredi, Turris linguis concordibus fabricata (The Tower built with concordant tongues), Sermon released at Pentecost day 1637

Vignola and della Porta, Il Gesu’ (Facade), completed in 1590s, patron: Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (order of the Jesuits founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola)

Piazza del Popolo. Carlo Rainaldi, Bernini, Carlo Fontana, Church of Santa Maria in Montesanto and Santa Maria dei Miracoli, three axial streets, a project that was developed through time especially under Sixtus V and Alexander VII Chigi

Piazza di Spagna. Francesco De Sanctis, Spanish Steps, 1723-26, patron: Innocent XII (based on projects by Bernini and sponsored by French king) Bernini (Pietro and Gian Lorenzo), Barcaccia Fountain, 1629, patron: Urban VIII Barberini

Trevi Fountain Nicola Salvi, patron: Clement XII Corsini, 1732-1760 (possible advisor: Metastasio)

Victor Emanuel Monument, Giuseppe Sacconi, started 1885, patron. King Victor Emanuel II