Commemorative monuments
The Column of Marcus Aurelius – a souvenir of a wise, sensible and brave emperor
Column of the Immaculate Conception – an antidote for heresies and mistakes of contemporary times
Arch of Janus – mysterious structure with four façades
The Arch of the Silversmiths – a place of memory erased
Arch of Constantine – an ancient example of artistic recycling
The Triumphant Arch of Emperor Titus – a commemoration of triumph and defeat engraved in stone
Arch of Septimius Severus – a symbol of Roman expansion and dynastic ambitions
Mausoleum of Empress Helena – meaning how to reconcile Christianity with the cult of the emperor
Mausoleum on Janiculum Hill (Mausoleo Ossario Garibaldino) – the struggle for national heritage
Antinous Obelisk (Pinciano) – pilgrimages of an obelisk of „sinful” provenance
Flaminio Obelisk – a war trophy; the pride of the city, emperor and the pope
Obelisk Macuteo – divine support for the emperor, the pope and the Roman populace
Minerveo Obelisk, meaning the triumph of an elephant over Dominican dogs
The Mussolini Obelisk – a monument of national amnesia
Vaticano Obelisk – a granite witness to history
The Statue of Giordano Bruno, meaning the ”black ship of Satan” among flowers, grapes and lettuce
Statue of Giuseppe Mazzini – the delayed work of belle époque
Funerary monument of Maria Clementina Sobieska – the joyful smile of a miserable queen
The funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, meaning the triumph of virtue over death
The Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV – a breath of subtle Jesuit propaganda
Antonio Canova’s funerary monument of Pope Clement XIII – death appeased with beauty
Antonio Canova’s funerary monument of Pope Clement XIV – a quiet grief of final parting
Funerary Monument of Pope Leo XI – a modest and politically convincing work
Funerary Monument of the Stuarts – death beautiful until perdition
Crouching Venus – eavesdropped on for the last two thousand years
When wandering the museum rooms of the Roman Palazzo Massimo we reach this place, we can be under the impression that we are surrounded by ancient gods and heroes, and each of them wants to attract our attention, stop us, and tell us their own story. We find ourselves among snow-white statues, which like actors play roles that only they are aware of. We can look at them from all sides, and admire their beautiful bodies and elegant gestures captured in stone. It is here that we will see the crouching Aphrodite as if surprised by our coming. Her face is only partially preserved. She is also miss...
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Yes, miracles do happen, since that is what we can call the event that occurred over twenty years ago thanks to, two Italian art historians. In the sacristy of the Church of San Vincenzo Martire in the provincial town of Bassano Romano, seventy-two kilometers from Rome, they discovered something, which caused a veritable euphoria – a statue that had until then been considered the work of an unknown Baroque sculptor, turned out to be the forgotten work of Michelangelo.
See moreThe Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist, and an Angel – a family meeting with an angel in the background
NewsThe Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist, and an Angel – a family meeting with an angel in the background
The married couple of Mary and Joseph lean over their son in pious adoration, Mary’s aunt – Elizabeth (also a young mother) – is kneeling, holding her son John, who in the future will be given the nickname “the Baptist” and at the same time gently embraces her tiny relative – Jesus. He, with one hand, blesses his distant cousin, and with the other carefully touches the dove, that John is handing to him. The group is accompanied by an angel standing in the background, however, the viewer's eye focuses on the crib found in the foreground. It aroused such admir...
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