Borromini
Americannoun
noun
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There were also cracks in the cupola of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza church in Rome, a baroque masterpiece by Francesco Borromini, an architectural giant of the 17th century.
From Time ● Oct. 30, 2016
The cathedral was first started by priests of Francis' Jesuit order and the facade was designed by the Italian architect Borromini.
From US News ● Sep. 20, 2015
And benediction comes in a concluding, litany-like chanting of the names of famous Borromini churches, settling on a serene, affirmative, distinctly terminal D minor chord.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014
Effectively, it raises up a Borromini church in sound, especially in the first and third of its four seamless movements, which are purely instrumental but with graphic illustrative force.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014
Upon the chapel of Saint Ives, unconsecrated now and turned into a lecture room of the University, a strange spiral tower shows the talents of Borromini, Bernini's rival, at their lowest ebb.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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