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Pick two names in the history of Italian art and architecture and you just might think of these two prolific “geniuses” first – Michelangelo and Bernini. Not only would the history and artistic face of the city of Rome be completely changed had they not existed, but the entire scope of art history would lose its form. Michelangelo and Bernini were the busiest artists of the 16th and 17th centuries in Rome, favored by a series of popes; they lived long lives into their 80s. Skilled sculptors, dramatic artists, their styles were different, their personalities opposite, and their contributions immense. See some of their most important works, eternally impressive...


“An artist must have his measuring tools


not in the hand, but in the eye.”


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Your guided visit in St. Peter’s Basilica brings new insights into the incredible dome that defines Michelangelo’s work, as well as several pieces designed by Bernini – whose handiwork graces the enormous outdoor piazza. Drive to Piazza Navona, an ochre-colored baroque gem that once hosted the city’s great chariot races, to see Bernini’s spectacular Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers), and admire, up close, his “elephant statue” in the Piazza della Minerva. The Pantheon, the only one of Rome’s great buildings to remain intact, is renowned as an architectural wonder for its massive vaulted concrete dome and concept of space. We’ll give you the inside track on the design and stories behind this architectural marvel during your visit today. Schedule permitting, an opportunity this afternoon to stand under Andrea Pozzo’s incredible trompe l’oeil nave ceiling in the Church of St. Ignazio is sure to elevate your definition of artistic genius. His techniques, marrying art with architecture, have made him one of the most remarkable figures of the Baroque period.


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