42. Bernini, the Baroque, and the Borghese

Published: March 2, 2021, 5 p.m.

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Our subject is the Villa Borghese, a sprawling park on the north side of Rome and home to Rome\\u2019s most wonderful museum, the Galleria Borghese. Unscrupulously assembled by Scipione Borghese, nephew to Pope Paul V, the art collection in the Galleria includes several of Bernini\\u2019s finest statues, as well as works by Caravaggio, Canova, and the greatest Renaissance artists. In moving from St. Peter\\u2019s to the Borghese, we again move from halos to nudes and so have another chance to see the dramatic changes initiated in the Renaissance.

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