BORGHESE GALLERY
The Borghese Gallery, a true gem located in Rome, is a palace dating back to the 17th century, when Cardinal Scipione
Borghese chose the site on the Pinciana hill to build
his Villa Borghese Pinciana, a place of pleasure
- in the style of an ancient Roman Villa .
The palace came to house the impressive collection
of Roman, Renaissance and Baroque works
of art acquired by the Cardinal.
The elegant rooms of the Borghese Gallery are richly
decorated from walls to ceiling, forming a kind of
frame within which are placed magnificent sculptures of
Bernini and Canova, as well as canvases by various artists, including Caravaggio, Titian and Raphael.
decorated from walls to ceiling, forming a kind of
frame within which are placed magnificent sculptures of
Bernini and Canova, as well as canvases by various artists, including Caravaggio, Titian and Raphael.
A Galeria Borghese, uma verdadeira jóia localizada em Roma, é um palácio que remonta ao século XVII, quando o Cardeal Scipione Borghese escolheu o local na colina Pinciana para construir sua
Villa Borghese Pinciana, um lugar de prazer
- no estilo de uma antiga Vila Romana.
O palácio passou a abrigar a impressionante coleção de obras de arte romanas,
renascentistas e barrocas adquiridas pelo Cardeal.
As elegantes salas da Galeria Borghese são ricamente decoradas das paredes ao teto,
formando uma espécie de moldura - dentro da qual são colocadas
magníficas esculturas de Bernini e Canova, além de telas de
vários artistas, como Caravaggio, Ticiano e Rafael.
Imperial french Princess Pauline Borghese Bonaparte - Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte,
presented as Venus Victrix, in a sculpture of Antonio Canova - 19th century
Details of the ceilings of the Gallery halls
Aeneas leaving Troy, which burns in flames, carrying on his shoulders his old father - Anchises.
In this 17th-century sculpture - so rich in details - Gian Lorenzo Bernini included The Penates, carefully carried by Anchises.
Details - ceiling
Detail - Sleeping Angels
David preparing to hit the giant Goliath with a rock. The concentrated face of the future king of Israel
- sculpted by Bernini in the 17th century - demonstrates the gravity of that moment for the Israelites.
Bernini's magnificent interpretation of Persephone's Abduction by Hades, god of the underworld.
Detail - Hades and his dog Cerberus
Bernini carved this sculpture between 1621-1622, when he was just 23 years old.
The artist managed to record the violence of the moment in marble - Persephone's desperate look; her gestures to ward off Hades
and also to flee from fierce Cerberus - who is at her feet; and the intensity of Hades' force on the young woman's skin.
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