Baroque Period

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

Francesco ThereseMarch 1, 2018Baroque 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

JoyOfRomeFebruary 20, 2017Baroque Period, Blog, Past and Present

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 […]