Roma & Borromini is an 8.5″ x 11″ book based on this blog material collected in May 2012 by David and Jenna while in Rome. There is an emphasis on the work of the baroque architect Francesco Borromini. Or get the PDF. 15Mb
Category Archives: 2012
Bonus Sketches and the Pantheon
We have decided to show the rest of our sketching along with our Pantheon drawings as one last gallery. Here they are!
Borromini
This last post shows the extent of Borromini’s work that we were able to visit, or in some cases view from the exterior if we were unable to catch opening hours. It has been a long time coming, for this we apologize. Now the resources have been compiled (first by Wikipedia contributors 😉 ) for …
Rounding Out the Trip
To start, we owe you a couple days of pictures and sketches! I am actually going to start by saying that we made it back to Minneapolis after a long, long day of traveling. I am glad to be home. There is something about coming home to Minnesota that is as exciting as venturing off …
One more road into Rome.
Our final full day in Rome was a good change of pace. With only six days in the city, we did some serious walking (20+ miles a day) to pack in all the sites we wanted to see. The tone of today was slightly different – everything slowed down and we got one last chance …
Small Stones. Big Buildings.
As Jenna mentioned, yesterday we visited the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and the ancient Roman Forum. I had been to these places before on our first visit to Rome but was eager to revisit them. After a wet morning walk, we arrived at the site, now fully equipped with colorful umbrellas and ponchos that we were …
Chocolate Coconut Gelato
Today was rainy. We had planned out at Camp Roma three/four days ago to see the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum today. Lucky us every outdoor thing that we had planned to see occurred on the rainiest day we’ve been in Italy. Two unfortunates here: 1) walking around the ancient sites in the …
Sunday in Rome
Europe in general lives quite a different life than your average American. Italy is of course no exception. Siesta – lunch – everything closes besides food places for two or so hours over lunch and we tourists are left to feed our own stomaches as well – probably a good thing I guess. Honoring the …
Sant Ivo della Sapienza
If you’ve been following my ‘Italy – Round Two!‘ blog, you may have already picked up on the fact that Borromini is one of my favorite architects and most definitely my most favorite Baroque architect. You may also have read, on our last visit to Rome, Dave and I were left very disappointed by that …
Vatican Museum
Here is the post I wrote yesterday. We got a little busy seeing Rome so I ended up waiting to post it until today. Today we made our way across town to the Vatican Museum. We got there by 9:50am (it opens at 10) and the line was already wrapping around several corners. Luckily, …