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Borromini

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Borromini (Italian) [borroˈmiːni]
n
(Biographies / Borromini, Francesco (1599-1667) M, Italian, ARCHITECTURE: architect) Francesco, original name Francesco Castelli. 1599-1667, Italian baroque architect, working in Rome: his buildings include the churches of San Carlo (1641) and Sant' Ivo (1660)


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Aa Also open to the public is an exhibition entitled "From Borromini to Botta: History, Cultural Heritage and New Technologies," which will open Tuesday at the Lebanese American University in collaboration with the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation.
Various activities like tours in Baroque Splendor in the age of Bernini and Borromini are included, plus a handy and helpful English-speaking booklet guide to help you in locating some of the special places and treasures of Rome such as magnificent churches, a work of art Borromini, the Piazza Navona with its famous Bermini''s fountain, and a private tour to Cantina del Vecchio wine bars for free wine- tasting and other delicious samples of cheese and local meats they produced.
They come out of site conditions and intentions about spatial compression where two divergent lines in a reverse perspectival condition cause space to compress, as opposed to a Borromini kind of axial perspective where space vanishes and is deeper.
 
 
 
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