Word: bernini
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...believer who has passed through the excavated necropolis, who has observed how its street leads directly below the foundations of the first southern bronze pillar of the Bernini altar, and thus into the immediate vicinity of the place assigned by Christian tradition to St. Peter's tomb, succumbs to the silent but eloquent logic of his surroundings. Certainly the discoveries so far made constitute a solid basis for serious discussion on the question which occupies so many minds. Those who believe in the Catholic tradition of St. Peter's burial place below the church will, in the light...
...attention: 1) Consistory Hall, where the secret consistories preceding the public ceremonies would be held; 2) the Sala del Paramenti with its splendid Gobelin tapestries, where the Pope would receive the cardinals in a private audience; 3) the huge, frescoed Sala Regia and 4) the Sala Ducale, with the Bernini marbles, through which the procession would pass...
...three cities are, in that order, Rome, London, Paris. In Rome young Deodato is a foundling, serving, unwillingly, as a Franciscan friar. What really interests him is sculpture, a young woman who looks like a statue by Bernini, and her revolutionary brother, whom he hides in the Catacombs...
...Swiss Guards in medieval uniforms leaned upon their halberds. It was near dawn, and broad St. Peter's Square lay still and dark in the cool Roman night. But lights still burned in the windows of the Vatican palaces, to the right of the Square and its long Bernini colonnades. One light shone dimly. In the small second-story chamber which it illuminated, on a plain brass bed, a weary old man lay breathing heavily. A black-cowled monk, a silent doctor kept vigil...
...Fogg is fortunate in having the models in the style of this particular artist, for Bernini was the foremost sculptor of his day. He was patronized by a series of Popes, filled Rome with examples of his architecture and sculpture, and he was employed by Charles I of England and Queen Christina of Sweden. He was also invited to France by Louis XIV to do a portrait bust, the fullest expression of the Baroque style in sculpture...