... to search for her relics, he soon draped of gold brocade with the clothes soaked in blood at her feet. She was put to death in a side chapel near the basilica, because she was a martyr. She symbolizes an organ because she always used an organ as an attribute for God. She is represented in a famous painting by Raphael called "Bologna". Her ... with her facial expressions. Before her association with music, she was portrayed with a palm in one hand and the gospel in the other. Pope Paschal I built or designed St. Cecilia's basilica. The discovery of the relics of St. Cecilia and and her t...

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... in Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400, impressive central plans, lavish materials, sumptuous color, mysterious lighting, and stylized representation describe such works as Ravenna's San Vitale and St. Marks Basilica. The Italian Romanesque was concentrated in Lombardy, Tuscany, and Southern Italy. The Lombard architecture was known for large vaulted churches made of elaborate exterior brick. In Tuscany, Pisan architecture superimposed ... surpass the imperial ancient Rome. The roman practice of extending columns through several stories was revived through Michelangelo. Imposing cen...

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... Break trips to Europe for my students to experience these cultures first hand. During the Italy trip, I took these public high school students to the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica. While some students were emotionally touched by their visit to St. Peter's, one student in particular, who always made sarcastic comments about Christianity, actually sat in front of the main ... ...

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... refined passionless style of late Mannerism that soon led into the Baroque style (Scribner, 7). In 1605 Pietro Bernini and his family moved back to Rome and settled near the ancient basilica that was at the time being restored in response to the Counter-Reformation. The dawn of the Baroque period had begun in the Eternal City of Rome (Scribner, 7). In growing ... ...

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... where he gained his architectural fame under Alexander VII. When Barberini was subsequently installed as Pope Urban VIII, 1623, Bernini was put in charge of building operations at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, where one of his early works, 1624-33, was the canopy [baldachin] over the high altar. Bernini originally worked in the Late Mannerist tradition but rejected the ... ...

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