Hunting Caravaggios in Rome
Paintings by the great masters were never meant to be viewed in art galleries. These institutions are a modern invention. Most of them were always destined for churches and the […]
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Conspicuous consumption in the Vatican
‘If you can’t find it, it’s probably in the Vatican’. That’s what they jokingly say in Rome, and walking through those seemingly endless corridors all stuffed with priceless treasures you […]
A brush with Caravaggio and Raphael
The Church of St Louis of the French, built between 1550 and 1568, is a rather nondescript building just around the corner from the Pantheon. I would have completely missed […]
TB or not TB – Keats in Rome
Let me confess straight off that Keats is my favourite Romantic poet. This despite being made to study him at school, which is usually a killer for just about any […]
Ruminating in Rome
Rome is okay. The Coliseum is not as overwhelming as you might expect, though certainly impressive, especially for that time. I found the long field beyond the Senate – which […]
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