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Article: Hot baroque: an exhibition at Castel Sant' Angelo on the creation of baroque in 17th-century Rome ranges from architectural drawings and models to an impressive array of devotional and domestic objects.(EXHIBITIONS)
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- October 1, 2006
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In Rome this summer, holidaymakers who wished to escape the sweltering heat of the city could ascend the monumental heliocoidal brick-vaulted staircase of the Castel Sant'Angelo to one of the capital's finest views. In the series of rooms set atop its fortified perimeter they could enjoy a smorgasboard of 17th-century artefacts ranging from architectural drawings by Francesco Borromini to the splendid Barberini harp, commissioned in 1624.
Somewhat like the three tenors, the architectural triumvirate of Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, who directed Rome's artistic production for almost four decades from the 1630s to the 1670s, dominate the show. All three ...