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Art, Renaissance, Fresco, St Angel Castle, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #rinascimento, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #renaissance, #castello,

THE PRIVATE BATH, WITH "GROTTESCHE", OF A POPE AT CASTEL SANT'ANGELO

Gianluca Pica

15/03/2025 12:00

Clement VII's little stove at Castel Sant'Angelo is a combination of art and comfort...

Art, Church, Rome, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #campana,

THE BELL OF TORQUATO TASSO AT THE GIANICOLO, AND ITS HISTORY

Gianluca Pica

08/03/2025 12:00

A bell, in Rome, can be saved from being melted because it rang to announce the death of a famous Italian writer...

Art, Renaissance, Legends, Painting, Barberini Palace, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #rinascimento, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #renaissance, #pittura, #painting,

THE GAROFALO AT PALAZZO BARBERINI

Gianluca Pica

01/03/2025 12:00

Another work of art by Garofalo, at Palazzo Barberini in Rome, takes us back in time...

Rome, Fountain, Trastevere, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #fontana, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #trastevere, #fountain,

THE FOUNTAIN OF THE HELM IN ROME

Gianluca Pica

23/02/2025 12:00

One of the district fountains in Rome is the one of the Helm, and the name says it all...

Art, Renaissance, Museum, Mythology, Barberini Palace, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #rinascimento, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #renaissance,

THE GAROFALO AND THE MYTH OF PICO'S METAMORPHOSIS

Gianluca Pica

16/02/2025 12:00

Classical mythology does justice to the sixteenth-century masterpieces, such as this one by Garofalo at Palazzo Barberini...

Basilica, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, basilica, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome,

THE FUNERARY MONUMENT OF POPE PIUS II AT SANT'ANDREA DELLA VALLE

Gianluca Pica

09/02/2025 12:00

The funerary monument of a pontiff from the first half of the fifteenth century reminds us of what a pope was supposed to do at that time...

Art, Rome, Palaces, Painting, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome,

THE POSSIBLE PORTRAIT OF BEATRICE CENCI AT PALAZZO BARBERINI

Gianluca Pica

02/02/2025 12:00

Beatrice Cenci, protagonist of a famous news story in sixteenth-century Rome, is possibly portrayed here by Guido Reni...

Art, Capitoline Museums, Painting, Caravaggio, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #museicapitolini, #caravaggio,

THE DISTINCTIVE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST BY CARAVAGGIO

Gianluca Pica

26/01/2025 12:00

Caravaggio knew how to amaze, through his works, as in this case...

Baroque, Legends, Rome, Fountain, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #fontana, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #fountain,

THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WITCHES OF SAINT JOHN IN LATERAN

Gianluca Pica

19/01/2025 12:00

A simple seventeenth-century fountain in Rome is the harbinger of stories linked to witches and purification rituals...

Art, Fresco, Painting, Caravaggio, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #affresco, #pittura, #painting, #caravaggio,

A FRESCO BY CARAVAGGIO, A PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW

Gianluca Pica

12/01/2025 12:00

This is the only fresco by Caravaggio, located in the Casino Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome...

Basilica, Michelangelo, Rome, Architecture, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #vatican, #vaticano, #michelangelo, #dome, #cupola, #sanpietro, #basilicasanpietro,

THE OPTICAL EFFECT OF VIA PICCOLOMINI

Gianluca Pica

05/01/2025 12:00

The dome by Michelangelo seems quite small, if you spot it from Via Piccolomini...

Art, Renaissance, Fresco, Doria-Pamphilj Gallery, Painting, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #pittura, #painting, #galleria,

THE PARTICULAR LANDSCAPE WITH THE ESCAPE FROM EGYPT BY ANNIBALE CARRACCI

Gianluca Pica

29/12/2024 12:00

This painting by Carracci, at the Doria Pamphilj Gallery, surprises with its composition, balance, and landscape...

Art, Museum, Villa Borghese Museum, Painting, Caravaggio, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #arte, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #borghese, #villaborghese, #caravaggio,

THE SICK BACCHUS, AND NOT ONLY, BY CARAVAGGIO

Gianluca Pica

23/12/2024 12:00

The Sick Bacchino is a masterpiece by Caravaggio that shows us a lot about the artist and his state of mind...

Rome, Palaces, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #palazzo, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #palace,

THE ROMAN ARISTOCRACY AT PALAZZO PATRIZI

Gianluca Pica

16/12/2024 12:00

Palazzo Patrizi represents an example of the high society of Rome since the 17th century...

Archaeology, Middle Ages, Legends, Religion, Rome, Painting, Underground, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #sotterranei, #underground,

UNDERGROUND AREA OF SANTA MARIA IN VIA LATA (THIRD PART)

Gianluca Pica

09/12/2024 12:00

Third and final part of the in-depth analysis of the underground area of the Church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, to discover a fresco in particular...

Archaeology, Middle Ages, Religion, Rome, Underground, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #sotterranei, #religione, #underground,

THE UNDERGROUND AREA OF SANTA MARIA IN VIA LATA (SECOND PART)

Gianluca Pica

02/12/2024 12:00

Second part on the underground area of the Church of Santa Maria in Via Lata and its religious and devotional side...

Archaeology, Middle Ages, Church, Underground, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #sotterranei, #chiesa, #church, #underground,

THE UNDERGROUND AREA OF SANTA MARIA IN VIA LATA (FIRST PART)

Gianluca Pica

25/11/2024 12:00

First part of the in-depth analysis of a curious underground archaeological area, beneath the Church of Santa Maria in Via Lata...

Renaissance, Rome, Capitoline Hill, Fountain, Sculpture, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #fontana, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #atourguiderome, #campidoglio, #fountain,

THE TWO GRANITE LIONS OF THE CAPITOLINE HILL

Gianluca Pica

18/11/2024 12:00

Two black granite lions, which stand guard on the Cordonata of the Capitoline Hill, tell us a lot about the history of Rome itself...

Art, Renaissance, Museum, Fresco, Raphael, Vatican Museums, Painting, #roma, #rome, #rinascimento, #arte, #raffaello, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #vatican, #vaticano, #vaticanmuseums, #renaissance, #affresco, #museivaticani, #raphael,

THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS BY TAPHAEL, AT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS (THIRD PART)

Gianluca Pica

11/11/2024 12:00

Third and final part of the in-depth study of the famous School of Raphael, at the Vatican Museums...

Art, Renaissance, Museum, Fresco, Raphael, Vatican Museums, Painting, #roma, #rome, #romeisus, #rinascimento, #arte, #raffaello, #unaguidaturisticaroma, #art, #atourguiderome, #vatican, #vaticano, #vaticanmuseums, #renaissance, #museivaticani, #raphael,

THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS BY TAPHAEL, AT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS (SECOND PART)

Gianluca Pica

04/11/2024 12:00

Second part of the article on the School of Raphael, masterly fresco by the Renaissance master...

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