Rome Ren Final

Site Visit: San Pietro in Vincoli

• 5th ,15th, 19th Century

• The current church was created to keep the relic of the chains of St. Peter from when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem

• Prior to this church being created there was already a previous much older foundation. It has gone multiple renovations under various popes (mainly Pope Julius)

• Houses the original Michaelangelo design for Pope Julius’ tomb (the project he dropped to work on the Sistine chapel)

San Pietro In Vincoli: Fresco

• The Miracle of The Chains

• Giovanni Batista

• 18th Century

• Depicts Pope Alexander using the chains as a healing item

San Pietro In Vincoli: Fresco

• The Miracle of The Chains

• Giovanni Batista

• 18th Century

• Depicts Pope Alexander using the chains as a healing item

San Pietro in Vincoli: Relic

• Said to have been obtained for the church by Empress Eudoxia a s a gift from her mother

• The chains were said to have miraculously fused, they were from two times that Peter was imprisoned.

• Housed in St. Pietro in Vincoli

San Pietro in Vincoli: Sculpture

• The Tomb of Pope Julius

• Michaelangelo

• 16rh Century (Never fully finished)

• Michaelangelo had been commissioned by Pope Julius to create a grand tomb.

• In this design there were also figures included that were referred to as “slaves” (not in the traditional sense)

  • These slaves were meant to represent the arts and how they were to be imprisoned after their greatest patron was no longer there.

• Michaelangelo was forced to abandon this project (lack of funds & focus on the Sistine chapel)

• There were figures added afterwards that were not necessarily considered Michaelangelo’s work. Including the portrait of Pope Julius

  • (a depiction he would most likely not agreed with)

San Pietro in Vincoli: Sculpture

• Statue of Moses

• Michaelangelo

• 16th Centuy

• This statue depicts Moses, including his “horns” which were supposedly granted to him after he spoke to God

  • (some believe it was a mistranslation and it was meant to be rays, not horns)

• It is debated what moment it depicts but it is believed to be the moment before Moses goes down to Israel and scolds them for praising a gold calf (a false idol) as well as breaking the tablets of 10 commandents.

Santa Maria in Maggiore

• 5th-1th

• Sometimes referred to as our lady of the snow. Commemorates the aug 5th date from when there was snowfall in rome

• One of four major basilicas in Rome

• Known for holding the holy cradle

Santa Maria Maggiore: Painting

• Miracle of the Snow

• Panicale

• 15th Century

• Depicts the outlining on snow of the Basilica as sent by the Virgin Mary to pope Liberius.

Santa Maria Maggiore: Relic

• The Holy Cradle

• Commissioned by Pope Pius in the mid 19th Century

• Said to hold wood pieces from the cradle in which baby Jesus was laid after his birth

Santa Maria Maggiore: Icon

• Virgin Mary as a protector of the Roman people

• Kept in Borghese Chapel

Santa Maria Maggiore: Sculpture

• Portrait of Ne Vunda, a missionary from the Kongo who sought

• His bust was commissioned by pope Paul V

Paintings

• Annunciation

• Filipino Lippi

• 1440

• Showcases the moment that an angel tells the virgin that she will give birth to Jesus.

• Garden behind Mary showcases the shame of the garden of Eden and how Mary is the redemption to the first sin committed. How she helps to redeem humanity

• The patrons on the right are showcased to be witnesses to this.

• Bakkground is a combination of a private space and a holy space

Paintings

• Adoration of The Shepherds

• El Greco

• 17th century

• Known for Mannerism. Proportions are not prioritized but instead are exaggerated to give a more dramatic

Painting Barberini

• Bronzino

• 1546

• portrait of stefano IV Colona

• Mercenary and