Posts Tagged ‘Bernini’

Bernini verses Borromini

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Bernini and Borromini are two extraordinary Baroque architects who created great energetic theatrical architectural designs. Both of them created convex and concaves, curvy, and elliptical forms in their designs which gave a very typical Baroque trace. Bernini’s Sant’ Andrea al Quirnale, and Borromini’s San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane and Sant’ Agnese have concave and convex [...]

Beautiful Points of Rome

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

The Trevi Fountain or also known as Fontana di Trevi, is a grand, magnificent wishing fountain. Quite a few people who believe in superstition throw coins in this fountain to try to earn their wish. I was mistakenly thinking that Bernini, a very well known Baroque sculptor, completed these sculptures at this beautiful fountain because [...]