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Giotto, Cardinal Stefaneschi, and the immersive special effects of the late Middle Ages.
My favourite Roman nativity scene on the 800th anniversary of the presepe.
Some of my favourite views of Rome
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 15: The Domus Tiberiana
Hot springs and Hopefulness: the profound humanity of the bronzes of the sanctuary at San Casciano
Vespa Tunes XVII: Venezia - Istanbul, Franco Battiato, 1980
Jonah, the lynchpin of the Sistine Chapel
Florence, October 2020; or the Consolations of History.
Vespa Tunes XVI: Per le strade di Roma, Francesco de Gregori, 2006
Some of my favourite views of Rome
Vespa Tunes XV: Il Negozio di Antiquariato, Niccolò Fabi, 2003
September's Monthly Newsletter
San Lorenzo in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum
Vespa Tunes XIV: Che Calore, Pino Daniele, 1977
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 13: The Arch of Titus
Paradise Regained: The Painted Garden of Livia at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
Heavens Above! The Triumph of Divine Providence at Palazzo Barberini.
Vespa Tunes XIII: Venezia, Francesco Guccini, 1981
Thoughts on Time and Raphael's Transfiguration
A Podcast About Rome. Episode 12: The Colosseum.
Santa Costanza on the via Nomentana: A Temporal Kaleidoscope on the Cusp of Christendom
Vespa Tunes XII : Dolce Enrico, Antonello Venditti, 1991.
A Podcast About Rome. Episode 11: Nero's Golden House.
Rus in Urbe IV: the Palatine Hill
Vespa Tunes XI: Grazie Roma, Antonello Venditti, 1983.
Vespa Tunes X: I Giardini di Marzo, Lucio Battisti,
Arte Liberata 1937-1947: Masterpieces Saved from War.
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 9: The Ships of Caligula at Lake Nemi.
Recycling Beauty at Fondazione Prada. Some thoughts, and photographs.
Raphael's tapestries in the Sistine Chapel
That time I accidentally emigrated.
Vespa Tunes IX - Buonanotte all'Italia, Luciano Ligabue, 2007.
A Podcast about Rome. Part 8: The Ara Pacis Augustae