Borromini
Americannoun
noun
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In Rome, he visited San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane: a chapel designed by Francesco Borromini that’s one of the prizes of Baroque architecture, topped by an oval dome.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
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
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
The church of St. Agnes, in the place Navona, begun by Rainaldi and completed by Borromini, is one of the most highly ornamented, particularly with modern sculpture.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
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