A WALKING TOUR IN ROME INTO SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS OF BORROMINI
FEDERICA CAU MICOL ANIBALDI MORGANA MASSARO
Borromini: -His Name is Francesco Castelli -Born in Bissone on 27 september 1599-Worked with Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini-Legend about the rivalry between Bernini and Borromini-Died in Rome on 3 august 1667
The importance of drawing for Borromini:-concept of "specialization" -a new tool: Graphite-curved lines and wonder
Driving a Peter: drawing of the twisted columns of the baldachin in Saint PeterProject for the lanterna of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
Palace built by Bartolomeo Baromino and Giulio Mazzoni for the Cardinal
Girolamo Capodiferro and modified by Francesco Borromini for the Cardinal Bernandino Spada in Baroque style.
The Perspective Gallery of Borromini. A masterpiece of the false perspective, it generates an optical
illusion and hides an important message.
The Picture Gallery inside Spada Palace. Here you can admire the rich ancient private art collection of the Cardinal
Spada. It houses works of extraordinary importance for the history of art.