#stefano maderno

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Death of Saint Cecilia sculpted by Stefano Maderno in 1599. In the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome. Photo by Charles Reeza, 2012

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Giacobbe e l'angelo, c.1620. Stefano Maderno, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma, Italia

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Stefano Maderno: Death of Saint Cecilia (1599)

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(Stefano Maderno, Santa Cecilia, marbre blanc, 1599, Chiesa Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Roma)

le cheminement de tes simples voiles sur ton corps tragique m'indique la pureté de tes gestes, la noblesse de ton courage ; main légère posée dans l'expression de la tourmente que le souffle de la mort n’a pas pris, main du dernier chant que l’on écoute encore 

© Pierre Cressant

(vendredi 14 juillet 2006)

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Edin Džeko celebrates with Joaquín Correa, Viktoria Plzen - FC Internazionale | UEFA Champions League Group C football match, Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň, Czech Republic, 13 September 2022 ph. Michal Cizek VS after Stefano Maderno, Hercules and Antaeus, 17th-18th century

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Stefano Maderno, 1600

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St Cecilia, by Stefano Maderno, the first of the Incorruptibles., as she was found upon her second exhumation in 1599.

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"Hercules and Antaeus", c.1620 by Stefano Maderno (1576-1636). Italian sculptor. National Museum of Scotland. terracotta sculpture

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St Cecilia by Stefano Maderno (1599)

In Saint Cecilia in Trastevere, where her relics are kept (supposedly built on the site of her 3rd century house)-

And the same sculpture in the location of her original tomb, in the Catacomb of Callixtus on the Appian Way-

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Hercules lifts Antaeus from the ground (detail)

Terracotta statue of Hercules and Antaeus, part of a group by Stefano Maderno, 1620 CE, Rome, Italy

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

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# found some obikin in Rome

(this is of course a sculpture of Jacob and the Angel by Stefano Maderno in Doria Pamphilj gallery,but tell me it doesn’t look like them!)

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Santa Cecilia by Stefano Maderno

source: collectionarchive.tumblr.com

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Anonymous, ‘’St Cecilia lying with her face downwards, after the statue by Stefano Maderno in S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, against a background of a Gothic city and an strapwork ornamental frieze along the top.‘’, 1599-1610.

© British Museum

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Santa Cecilia-Stefano Maderno (1600)

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June 3- Time is beginning to run out

Today was our second to last day of classes, and it luckily felt like a regular normal day. The goal is not to think about the time here coming to an end. Instead, I gladly trekked around Rome and listened to my classmates and let the sun beat down on me once again.

We began at the Doria-Pamphilj Gallery. It was small but a very beautiful building. I sat and looked at the stone painting by Antonio Tempesta for quite a while. It was…literally astonishing. Being able to get inches from that to really soak in all that detail is something I really enjoy about spaces like this and I like that they placed it on the wall at eye level. The scene is so tumultuous, yet so easy to break apart. And the Raphael above it is hard to peel your eyes off of. Such a mesmerizing two works.

We stopped by Villa Farnesina for a moment. Fresco doesn’t catch my eye much like other things but I still find it absolutely incredible. I always want to touch it. After that, we stopped by a couple of churches. There are some amazing sculptural works in these places and not that many people inside of them. I don’t mind not being with a crowd all the time but do people even know? They are missing out incredibly.

We walked around and got food in the area after, went home and did some homework before trekking out again for Elsa’s birthday. She slipped on an orange and cut her knee and I couldn’t not laugh, even though it was her birthday. Sorry girl. We got our Trevi Fountain on though!

In order:

1. Unicorns!

2. You tell me what you think is wrong here…

3. Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere

4. Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, statue is Stefano Maderno’s Saint Cecilia

5. Bernini’s Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, 1674

6. Bags both me and Max were wanting to steal from the lunch place

7. Trevi Fountain!

8. Star formation we did in front of David, and his very kind response to us being freaks

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Day 24: Doria-Pamphilj Gallery, Villa Farnesina, San Cecilia in Trastevere, and San Francesco a Ripa

Today was a busy day, honestly when are they not busy? But considering we're nearing the end of the trip, I'm okay with having busy days considering I spent most of the free weekend either wandering around aimlessly or inside the apartment relaxing.

So going in chronological order, how did today go?

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Up first was the Doria-Pamphilj Gallery, which has some pretty famous portraits, a couple of Titians, Raphaels, and Caravaggios because at this point, what gallery in Italy doesn't have at least one of those? And while it was an absolutely beautiful gallery, hung in the salon style which is my preferred style of hanging honestly, but it wasn't my favourite that we went to.

I still say that if you really like galleries hung in salon style, or if you know that one of your favourite paintings is here, or even an art historian who specializes in Renaissance or Baroque, then absolutely go! But if you have a limited time in Rome, I would say skip it honestly and go to a bigger gallery.

(Salome or potentially Judith with Head of Holofernes by Titian, 1515, oil on canvas.)

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The Villa Farnesina was pretty cool, but once again there wasn't really much there? It had some beautiful wall paintings done by Raphael, but besides that it's kind of a run of the mill pleasure palace. Beautiful wall paintings, but not much substance there.

However, the building did get raided in the 1527 Sack of Rome, and it has graffiti on some of the walls declaring the people who were robbing the place! They're written in Germanic and Gothic characters, and basically are calling the Romans cowards for leaving. It was way more interesting then the generic paintings of Gods and Goddesses doting the walls.

(Graffiti written on the walls of the Villa Farnesina.)

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San Cecilia in Trastevere was our next stop, and contained a beautiful statue of Saint Ceclia who the church is named after. It was a good church showing the transition from Byzantine style churches to what we would consider Renaissance.

It's undergone a couple of renovations over all the years, but the main appeal is a statue of Saint Cecelia post being struck in the back of the head, which was how she was martyred. It's a beautiful statue.

Also the facade was under construction, so that was kind of boring.

(Saint Cecelia by Stefano Maderno, 1600, marble.)

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San Francesco a Ripa was the final stop, and contains the final work that was completed by just Bernini. As his workshop produced other works. Besides that, the outside of the church is quite boring and the altar piece is under construction so most of the church actually wasn't visible at all!

But the statue by Bernini, Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, was basically built to take advantage of the natural lighting within the chapel, and serves as a piece wherein Bernini is thinking about his own mortality as it depicts the final moments of Ludovica Albertoni. The drapery is absolutely gorgeous, and the way the light hits it makes it seem otherworldly. There is a little machine nearby where you can deposit a single euro coin in order to shine lights on it, but honestly don't wait the coin, just appreciate it with the natural lighting.

(Blessed Ludovica Albertoni by Bernini, 1671-74, marble.)

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Overall, today had some beautiful art but it was also one of those cases where I wouldn't be visiting these places on my own, but it was still worth it! But also unless any of these places of are your bucket list, there are other places that you can visit in Rome that I would recommend before these places.

Also as an effect of being in an area where more artsy places are, and younger people, there was a lot more really cool graffiti! I'm a big street art person, so I was taking a lot of photos of the awesome street art that I was finding.