Tag: Italy
Raphael and St. Louis: St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
The Church of St. John the Evangelist and Apostle sits in the midst of the Plaza Square development, and is an interesting church in its own right, dating back to the years before the Civil War. It is one of the oldest churches in St. Louis. It was renovated, not always successfully, in the Twentieth…
Cherokee Street/Via dei Tribunali
I thought the painting sitting in the window of El Torito Grocery Store looked familiar. Then I realized it; I had seen a similar composition, a scene of presumably the Virgin and Child saving souls from Purgatory, in the chapel of a church on the Via dei Tribunali, in Naples, Italy.
Neo-Classicism and Greek Revival: What is Really the Difference?
What is the difference between Neo-Classical architecture and the Greek Revival style? The key is in the proportions of the building; while the Romans certainly copied their architectural style from the ancient Greeks, they were also influenced by their northern neighbors, the Etruscans. Here is a primer on how to tell the difference. First, let’s…
Interior, Cathedral, Milan
Update: These pictures are really blurry; I probably wouldn’t post these in 2020 or later. Sorry about the low quality! The interior of Milan Cathedral is probably the darkest place I’ve ever tried to photograph; it is downright cavernous with minimal light. I hope these pictures give you some sense of the experience. Huge paintings…
Cathedral, Milan, Italy
Milan’s cathedral is a glorious pile of stone, a strange mix of the Gothic style, which never moved too terribly further south on such a grand scale, and other more Renaissance style motifs, such as the half moon lintels above the five front portals of the church. No major cathedral is ever completely free of…
A Room With A View, Urbino, Italy
I was in Urbino, Italy, last fall on business and snapped these three pictures out of my hotel window: once in the afternoon, once at dusk, and once the next morning before I left. What a great city, one that I will never forget, even if I do not get back there.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy
There’s an amazing open air shopping mall in downtown Milan, and when I saw it, I knew it seemed familiar. That’s right, I saw a similar mall in Naples.
Architectural Variety, Milan, Italy
I was actually sort of tired of Renaissance buildings by the time I got to Milan, so I was pleased to discover that the city is graced with stunning architecture of the Nineteenth Century, as well buildings from the centuries before.
Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, Italy
The Romans loved the ancient Egyptians too. But the great irony of our interest in the Romans is that builders of the Pyramids were more distant in time to the Romans than the Romans are to us.