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Borromini, Bernini and Caravaggio: did you know that… ?

By Francesco TheresePosted on March 1, 2018Posted in Baroque Period, Blog

The Baroque in Rome is a walking distance experience. In more than 2000 years Rome’s been the set for the most important art movements ever existed. It was like having in the same city art movements such as the School of London, the School of New York, the Impressionists, the Bauhaus and so on… quite […]

The Triumph and Tragedy of Caravaggio

By JoyOfRomePosted on February 20, 2017Posted in Baroque Period, Blog, Past and PresentTagged Caravaggio

Caravaggio, an artist of staggering talent and troubling temper, was the enigmatic genius behind the Baroque period. Originally named Michelangelo Merisi, the maestro’s popular moniker comes from Caravaggio, the town of his birth in Lombardy, northern Italy. At 21 years old in 1592 he was drawn to the temptations of Rome, heralded as the centre […]