Podcasts Culture Get Ready for Rome 50. Back to the Borghese, Bernini, and the Baroque

50. Back to the Borghese, Bernini, and the Baroque

Published: April 13, 2021, 4 p.m.

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We return to the Galleria Borghese to consider the remaining two of Bernini\\u2019s four masterpieces, his Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanias, and his David. Both statues may represent the virtue of piety, one based on a Roman story and the other based on the Old Testament, though Bernini\\u2019s David looks well equipped to defeat Goliath even if he should fail to receive God\\u2019s support.

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