Commemorative monuments

Commemorative monuments

Statue of Giordano Bruno, meaning the ”black ship of Satan” among flowers, grapes and lettuce

Commemorative monuments

Statue of Giuseppe Mazzini – the delayed work of belle époque

Commemorative monuments

Funerary monument of Maria Clementina Sobieska – the joyful smile of a miserable queen

Commemorative monuments

Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, meaning the triumph of virtue over death

Commemorative monuments

Funerary Monument of Pope Benedict XIV – the last breath of a grand style

Commemorative monuments

Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII – the memories of the guardian of true faith

Commemorative monuments

Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV – a breath of subtle Jesuit propaganda

Commemorative monuments

Antonio Canova’s funerary monument of Pope Clement XIII – death appeased with beauty

Commemorative monuments

Antonio Canova’s funerary monument of Pope Clement XIV – a quiet grief of final parting

Commemorative monuments

Funerary Monument of Pope Leo XI – a modest and politically convincing work

Commemorative monuments

Funerary Monument of the Stuarts – death beautiful until perdition