Churches, Coronavirus, Early Christian art, Uncategorized
Tweet Day forty-two, 42, for tea too. If it is indeed the answer, I feel I’ve started losing sight of the question. Nevertheless people who have no choice are keeping their heads, and the situation seems to continue to improve. There were twenty fewer cases than...
Caelian, Churches, Coronavirus, Rome
Tweet This morning I woke with a sinking feeling in my stomach. To be honest I have done most days since the enormity of this whole thing became apparent. I expect most of us have. In my case it doesn’t usually last long, but there is undoubtedly a momentary lurch of...
Churches, Coronavirus, popes, Rome
Tweet According to this week’s governmental decrees, solo open-air physical exercise is permitted as long as a minimum distance of one metre is maintained from anyone else. The quarantine situation is not going to change anytime soon–fingers crossed, but the end date...
Archeology, Architecture, Art History, Churches, Early Christian art
Tweet The first version of this post was written for the fabulous, but now sadly defunct, 3 Pipe Problem blog. It was run by the fearsomely energetic Hasan Nayazi who died suddenly and prematurely last year. I met him in person once, on his only visit to Rome two...
Art History, Centro Storico, Churches, Early Renaissance, Fresco, Relics, Rome
Tweet This week my parents were in town and on Tuesday I was wandering around churches with my pa and Anthony Blunt’s book on Roman Baroque churches. (We did 16 that day, that’s where I get it from…). The last of the day was Santa Maria sopra...
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