The Bel Composto

Art of the European Courts, 2016

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Villa Borghese

This ceiling painting is incredible. It blew my mind and it sparked my love of ceiling paintings throughout the entire trip.

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The Colosseum 

I was fascinated by the different brick work.

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The Roman Forum

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Musei Capitolini

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Pantheon vs San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane

Same panelling of the coffer - Symbolic Geometry.

History influencing design, centuries apart. 

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The Pantheon

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The Ara Pacis. 

Rome.

At first I really didn’t understand the great significance this salvaged temple would have on the rest of the art we would see in this trip. I now wish that I had taken more photos, sketched more details and really taken it in a little more as this temple was such a huge reference point for artists, architects and courtiers during the period of 1500s-1800s.