The Rape of Proserpina is displayed in the ground floor of the #borghesegallery and it is one of the favorite statues of all visitors 😍
🎭 Gianlorenzo Bernini was the master of marble, and he carved this statue at the age of 24! While Renaissance works were designed to be seen from the front, Baroque art is theater-in-the-round full of action designed to be experienced as we walk around it.
Look how Pluto’s fingers dig into Proserpina’s frantic body as if it were real flesh.
I usually recommend visiting the Borghese Gallery as part of the itinerary Borghese Gallery - Borghese Park - Pincio Hill - Piazza del Popolo.
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🐝 Why the bees… 🐝😉?!?
The Triumph of Divine Providence is located in the largest and most important hall of Palazzo Barberini. This painting consumes over 400 square meters of decorated fresco, which was created by the Italian painter Pietro da Cortona. The elaborate project was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) in 1632, and finished by Cortona in 1639. The family’s coat of arms was constituted by the bees.
🌀The Triumph of Divine Providence is an whirlpool of flying figures with landscapes and illusionistic painted architecture. The ceiling is overwhelming, which is both a visual and emotional adventure, I would say a perfect example of Baroque.
The painting’s dynamic rhythm and use of various lighting exalts the virtues of the Barberini-born Pope and his family.
The Arch of Titus was built by the “Senators and People of Rome” to celebrate the victory in 72 AD of Titus and his legions during the civil war against Jerusalem.
It stands by the entrance of the Roman Forum near the valley of the Colosseum.
The two reliefs inside report the triumph celebrating the end of the war.
Many Jewish visitors ask specifically to see it because we can admire the first Menorah in the history of Art carved on the left side 🕎
