Borromini
Americannoun
noun
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They had the can-you-top-this confidence of an artist who saw Borromini as his peer, but they were more inviting than Serra’s previous steel works, beckoning you to explore their warmly patinated expanses.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
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
It was begun by Gregory XV., in 1622, and completed by his successor, Urban VIII., and his brother, Cardinal Antonio Barberini, from the plans partly of Bernini and Borromini.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
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