I spend almost half of my class time here in Rome visiting churches, so I thought I would share some of them with you! These photos are an accumulation of images from a variety of class trips for my Baroque and Late Antique/Early Byzantine art history classes. Santa Maria Maggiore, baroque facade and medieval mosaics Santa Pudenziana and some fifth-century mosaics Sant'Agnese, church with 7th century mosaics in the apse Mausoleum of Constantina, the daughter of Emperor Constantine (now known as Sta. Costanza) Interior of the mausoleum: it's circular in plan, and the vault of the ambulatory is covered in mosaic Sant'Andrea alle Fratte, a church I wrote about for a paper (front at left and back with belltower by Borromini at right) Left, interior of Sant'Andrea with marble angels carved by Bernini; at right, Church of Sta Maria Sopra Minerva Interior of Sta Maria sopra Minerva; at right, statue of Christ by Michelangelo The Chair of St. Peter by Berni...
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