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
Simon Vouet’s Buona Ventura – the lamentable effects of palm reading
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
Dawid z głową Goliata – przejmujące wołanie o pomoc boskich i ziemskich sił
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
Simon Vouet’s Herodias with the Head of St. John the Baptist – femme fatale of the Baroque
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?
The Temptation of St. Francis – a lesson in the taming of the senses
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
Magdalene Fainting – a bold act (between mystical rapture and sexual ecstasy
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
Mozaiki w absydzie bazyliki San Giovanni in Laterano – czyli jak wygląda niebo
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
Nadzy herosi czy bezskrzydli aniołowie – zagadkowi młodzieńcy ze sklepienia Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej
Michelangelo’s Nude Christ – miraculously duplicated
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?
Domenico Guidi’s The Lamentation – dramatic pathos, a throng of people, and movement
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
Pokutująca Maria Magdalena Charlesa Mellina – między atrakcyjnym mitem a nagą prawdą
Guido Reni’s The Penitent Magdalene – between sinful charm and heavenly vision
Portrait of Cardinal Bernardino Spada – a diligent, hard-working, and prudent official
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
The Triumph of Religion Over Heresy by Pierre Le Gros – meaning a Jesuit theatrum sacrum
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
Sleeping Hermaphrodite – the ever-present third gender
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
The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist, and an Angel – a family meeting with an angel in the background
Caravaggio’s Saint Jerome – the Doctor of the Church as a weapon in the struggle against heretics
Święty Jan Chrzciciel Caravaggia – znużony efeb czy melancholijny święty?
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
Ukrzyżowanie świętego Piotra – męczeństwo jako akt wypełnienia się woli Bożej
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?
Wenus Knidyjska – wizerunek skromnej, zawstydzonej hetery
Crouching Venus – eavesdropped on for the last two thousand years
Bronzino’s Venus, Cupid, and Satyr – a sublime allegory or a courtly jest?
The Vestal Virgin Tuccia – between virtue and downfall, meaning the story of an unwanted work
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
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