Must-see paintings and sculptures
Apollo Belvedere – the greatest work of art from among all the works of antiquity
Benrnini’s Apollo and Daphne – a rock animated by love
Caravaggio’s Young Sick Bacchus – an artist in the guise or perhaps something much more?
Raphael’s Woman with a Unicorn - an image of a virgin marked by virtue
Bernini’s David – a sculpture testifying to the power of faith and humility
Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath – a victor filled with sorrow
Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. Teresa – an anthem on the subject of bodily union with God
Gaul Killing Himself and his Wife – meaning, praise of an honorable suicidal death
Laocoön Group – the dramatic story of one arm and its lack
Pietro da Cortona’s The Story of Aeneas – meaning where the pope searched for his roots
Bronzino’s John the Baptist – between cold eroticism and refined devotion
Caravaggio’s St. John the Baptist – a work of art, sacrilege, or child pornography?
Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes – a refined mixture of violence and desire
Van Honthorst’s The Concert – singing together or perhaps a peregrination of the prodigal son?
Raphael’s Fornarina – a mysterious love interest or perhaps…
Antoniazzo Romano’s Legend of the True Cross – miraculousness told in a Renaissance way
Domenichino’s The Hunt of Diana – a painting about spying and its unfortunate results
Jacopo Sansovino’s Madonna del Parto – between a saint and a maid
Madonna delle mani – an indecent work, damaged and found anew
Caravaggio’s Madonna of Loreto - the sanctity of dirty, coarse feet
Andrea Sansovino’s Madonna and Child with St. Anne – a work praised by poets
Carlo Saraceni’s Madonna and Child with St. Anne – an everyday life scene and… a dove
Giovanni Lanfranco’s Apparition of the Virgin to St. Lawrence – a thematic painting yet not bereft of artistry
Bronzino’s Madonna with Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Anne – meaning a song of love sentenced to suffering
Caravaggio’s Madonna and Child with St. Anne – a work despite and against itself
Caravaggio’s The Martyrdom of St. Matthew – death among onlookers and terrified passersby
Caravaggio’s The Crucifixion of St. Peter – a painting on the banality of evil
Giovanni Baglioni’s Heavenly Love and Earthly Love – a virtue in the struggle against sin
Michelangelo’s Moses – the remains of a tragic work
Mosaics in the Church of Santa Pudenziana – how the Good Shepherd became a lawgiver
Melozzo da Forlì’s Musical angels – Christ among songs, music and dance
Caravaggio’s Narcissus at the Source – a tragedy of unfulfilled love, or perhaps a story about the essence of art
Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul – meaning how Saul became Paul
The Incredulity of St. Thomas– and how strong is your faith?
Domenichino’s The Last Communion of St. Jerome – a work about the superiority of communion under one kind
Pasquino – snide, mean and still today irreplaceable
Antonio Canova’s Pauline Borghese as the Venus Victrix – remember me like this for ages
Michelangelo’s Pietà – an astonishing story of silent suffering
Guercino’s The Funeral of St. Petronilla – a difficult topic, masterfully solved
Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X – a real, perceptive and effective portrait
Portrait of Pope Clement IX – a subtle image of a delicate pontifex
Bronzino’s Portrait of Stefano Colonna – a picture-perfect condottiero
Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina, meaning sanctioned rape
Pietro da Cortona’s Rape of the Sabine Women – all is well that ends well
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius – a symbol of imperial harmony and peace
Ludovica Albertoni – a masterpiece in the shadow of a moral scandal
Bernini’s Statue of St. Bibiana – meaning how to present a virgin in the moment of bliss
Stefano Maderno’s Lying St. Cecilia – a miracle or an elaborate mystification?
Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Matthew – how a sinner becomes the chosen of God
Raphael’s Fire in the Borgo – a hymn on the subject of more than just antiquity
Carlo Saraceni’s Transitus Mariae – meaning how the Discalced Carmelites co-created the image of the Most Holy Virgin
The Transfiguration – the most divine of all Raphael’s works
Van Honthorst’s The Beheading of St. John the Baptist – a work immersed in darkness
Michelangelo’s Vault of the Sistine Chapel – a masterpiece born out of doubt and suffering
Raphael’s Stanzas – meaning how the popes had wanted to live
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Saint Cecilia Playing the Lute – an autoportrait in the guise of a saint
Saint Cecilia Distributing Alms to the Poor– a story of the recalcitrant Roman populace
Carlo Saraceni’s St. Cecilia with an Angel - two musicians
Caravaggio’s Saint Jerome – the Doctor of the Church as a weapon in the struggle against heretics
Melozzo da Forlì’s Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library – pope as an earthly ruler and a patron of science
Raphael’s’ The School of Athens– a fancy riddle or an alternative history
Raphael’s Triumph of Galatea – beauty and the beast in a Renaissance version
Pietro da Cortona’s Triumph of Divine Providence – family apotheosis, meaning painting to the point of breathlessness
Guido Reni’s Crucifixion of St. Peter – meaning a reason for a duel
Dying Gaul – a funeral rhapsody in memory of the Gauls
The Deliverance of St. Peter– between reality and a vision
Giovanni Lanfranco’s Venus Playing the Harp – a tribute to music or perhaps to love?
Bronzino’s Venus, Cupid, and Satyr – a sublime allegory or a courtly jest?
Caravaggio’s Fortune Teller – a painting about the dangers of life and the illusion of art
Daniele da Volterra’s The Descent from the Cross – a faded shadow of a great work, meaning the aftermath of vandalism
Caravaggio’s The Entombment of Christ – a perfect work
Dirck van Baburen’s The Entombment of Christ – catching up with Caravaggio
Raphael’s The Deposition – a painting of suffering, the fragility of life and an unforgettable loss
Antoniazzo Romano’s Annunciation – meaning, how the Virgin Mary can miss the most important moment of her life
Carlo Saraceni’s Madonna and Child with St. Anne – an everyday life scene and… a dove
The little boy seated upon his mother's lap grabs at the clothes of an old woman standing next to them, who seems to be wanting to free herself from his grasp. She herself in a rather brutal way, holds a dove by one wing in her left hand. The mother raises her finger admonishing the child. Where do we know this from? Right in front of our eyes, an everyday scene takes place in which the main participants are the grandmother, the mother, and a playful little boy. And only the dove arouses anxiety – what is the old woman intending to do with it? Is she trying to get the child interested in...
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After the death of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, there came the time of monumentalism in the spirit of Classicism among Roman sculptors. The art of Le Gros was at the other end of this phenomenon. The statues which he completed with unimaginable virtuosity, eccentric in their form, seemed to be living their own life full of convulsions. They were the last breath of a grand style, which we usually refer to as late Baroque.
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The majesty, grandeur, and splendor of the monument of the posthumous glory of Gregory XV cannot be expressed in words. And it would be impossible to find another similarly triumphant monument even in the papal necropolis, meaning the Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano. It is also hard to believe that, it immortalizes the pope who had not distinguished himself in any special way, one who held power in the Vatican for merely twenty-eight months. However, the monument was to not so much immortalize him but more importantly serve another much more pragmatic purpose – a propaganda and advert...
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