Santa Maria della Vittoria

direction of Carlo Maderno the Santa Maria della Vittoria or (Our Lady of Victory) was built in 1608 but was not completed until 1626. It is about two blocks northwest of Piazza della Repubblica and Teatro dell'Opera metro stop. It is a Roman Catholic titular church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome, Italy. A titular is described as a catholic church assigned to a specific cardinal or patron who would hold and fund the property. The church of Santa Maria della Vittoria is as Baroque as it gets

FUTURE IN THE PAST 'Architecture traditionally has been the slowest of art forms. It was not unusual for great cathedrals take centuries to complete, with stylistic changes from Romanesque to Gothic or Renaissance to Baroque as common as the addition of chapels or spires. But because the function remained the same, the form could be flexible and its growth organic’. (Reflections on Baroque, 2000, p. 250). According to Martin Filler architecture can be changeable from past to future. When

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 1.) The main setting takes place in the beautiful, elegant, religious, Vatican City. The story pretty spread out throughout the Vatican in churches, especially St. Peter’s Basilica, museums, the pope’s hidden passageways, offices, and a lot of other interesting places. Vatican City is a beautiful city where an abundant amount of faithful living Catholics are located. This city is also where Christianity originated. In the middle of the entire city lies the most

the Illuminati—a secret society of artists, scientists, and freethinkers—as a long-standing enemy of the Catholic Church. While Langdon is explaining this, and learning more about Vetra’s research, Vetra’s adopted daughter, Vittoria, who is also a physicist, joins them. Vittoria and her father had created antimatter in a CERN lab. This was doubly important to her father because he was a priest, and the discovery promised to give humanity access to the secrets of creation. However, it is also a great

development, Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons illustrates the universal components alongside the intrinsic struggle in a modern society from a unique perspective. Centered around the Harvard symbologist, Professor Robert Langdon, alongside C.E.R.N physicist, Vittoria Vetra, the plot reestablishes the legend of Illuminati through showcasing the latter's struggle with the Catholic Church. While Langdon protects the church from an outside threat of explosion and an inside threat of the Camerlengo, the audience is

This dramatic movement, or the Baroque movement was seen throughout the art scene not only in Italy but the north as well. Most agree that the Baroque movement can be perfectly demonstrated in the sculptures done by Bernini at the church of Santa Maria Della Vittoria in Rome. His dramatic marble statues of angles, saints and biblical characters captures your attention and imagination. The church council also

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is an architecture of the Baroque period in which light was used to convey spiritual meaning upon this sculpture. It was sculpted from 1647-52 by Gianlorenzo Bernini for the Santa Maria della Vittoria, in Rome, Italy. This architectural piece is made out of marble. One way that the sculpture uses light to convey spiritual meaning is through the allegorical depiction of a dove in the background, which represents the light of the Holy Ghost. Another way that the sculpture

During the Baroque period, propaganda uses art in order to convey the messages of religious issues; Counter Reformation for Roman Catholic church.1 In addition, in today’s society, it is used widely to achieve a desired result socially, politically, and economically.2 Through these examples of propaganda such as Gianlorenzo Bernini’s The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa for the Baroque period and a song about anti-immigration to America by “La Bestia,” and a poster about Obama’s campaign for the contemporary

Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475. He lived almost a full century and died on February 18, 1564; he was still working six days before his death. During his life, the western world underwent what was perhaps the most remarkable period of change since the decline of the Roman Empire. The Renaissance saw changes in all aspects of life and culture, with dramatic reforms sweeping through the worlds of religion, politics, and scientific belief. Michelangelo was one of the advocates

frightens the hell out of him: The symbol appears to be authentic much to his surprise, and the legendary secret society, long thought to be defunct or dormant, seems to have resurfaced to make some noise. Kohler calls Vetra 's adopted daughter Vittoria to the scene and it is later revealed that the Illuminati has also stolen a canister containing a quarter of a gram of antimatter — an extremely deadly substance with destructive potential comparable to the most powerful nuclear weapons in existence