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The marble bust Blessed Soul, or Anima Beata, was created in 1619 along with Damned Soul when Bernini was only 20. The piece is thought to have been commissioned by Cardinal Pedro Foix de Montoya [1]. The bust depicts a woman looking up toward heaven…

“Amidst the Crowds in St Peter's Square, Stands Ancient Egypt.” Archaeology Travel, August 26, 2020. https://archaeology-travel.com/street/vatican-obelisk-in-st-peters-square/.

Boorsch, Suzanne. “The Building of the Vatican: The Papacy and…

Sheila Barker’s essay, “The Universe of Giovanna Garzoni. Art, Mobility, and the Global Turn in the Geographical Imaginary” provides an examination of the influences that shaped Giovanna Garzoni’s life, career, and art. Barker argues that Garzoni’s…

The Aurora is a large Baroque ceiling fresco painted in 1614 by Guido Reni for the Casino, or garden house, adjacent to the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, in Rome. The casino and the fresco were commissioned by the Cardinal Scipione Borghese.…

Ceiling fresco by Domenico Maria Canuti in the Chiesa Santi Domenico e Sisto

Antonio del Pollaiuolo's Early Rennaisance depiction of the Apollo and Daphne myth.

Three different black and white pictures of Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne" sculpture. Bernini’s life-sized marble sculpture of “Apollo and Daphne” is regarded as one of his most powerful and emotional works. The work was commissioned in 1622 by…

Bernini’s life-sized marble sculpture of “Apollo and Daphne” is regarded as one of his most powerful and emotional works. The work was commissioned in 1622 by Cardinal Scipione Borghese and was initially placed in his villa.

The work illustrates…

In the 1500s, there was a rise of artworks that represented this theme of the allegory of art or "pittura."

It's crucial to understand that before the sixteenth century painting was not considered a liberal art and was not considered an…