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Statuary Hall at the Pamphilj Gallery
When does an art museum become a piece of art itself? I invite you to walk with me down the Pamphilj Gallery’s Statuary Hall. The piece in the banner is...
Statuary Hall at the Pamphilj Gallery
When does an art museum become a piece of art itself? I invite you to walk with me down the Pamphilj Gallery’s Statuary Hall. The piece in the banner is...
San Marcello al Corso
Well I had several pleasant surprises in Rome this Autumn, and one of them was just up from the Pamphilj Gallery. While walking to the Museum Pamphilj which you should...
San Marcello al Corso
Well I had several pleasant surprises in Rome this Autumn, and one of them was just up from the Pamphilj Gallery. While walking to the Museum Pamphilj which you should...
Baldacchino by Bernini
One of the most iconic pieces inside the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Basilica is Bernini’s Baldacchino. Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini to build a grand Baldachin over the supposed final resting...
Baldacchino by Bernini
One of the most iconic pieces inside the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Basilica is Bernini’s Baldacchino. Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini to build a grand Baldachin over the supposed final resting...
Borghese Gallery - The David
David and Goliath. The timeless story of the underdog winning against overwhelming odds. I’ve heard this story since I was a child in Sunday School. Bernini in one of his...
Borghese Gallery - The David
David and Goliath. The timeless story of the underdog winning against overwhelming odds. I’ve heard this story since I was a child in Sunday School. Bernini in one of his...
Stone of the Elite
Egyptian Imperial Porphyry is the stone of the ancient Roman elite. Everything from the sarcophagi of old Emperors to their bathtubs were made of a purple mineral from a...
Stone of the Elite
Egyptian Imperial Porphyry is the stone of the ancient Roman elite. Everything from the sarcophagi of old Emperors to their bathtubs were made of a purple mineral from a...
Thyatira Presbyterian Church
I was driving through North Carolina last year and saw a church with a large graveyard. It is a brick building, and set under a canopy of giant trees. I...
Thyatira Presbyterian Church
I was driving through North Carolina last year and saw a church with a large graveyard. It is a brick building, and set under a canopy of giant trees. I...