Episode 308 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s “Chair of St. Peter”
Rebuilding The Renaissance - Ein Podcast von Rocky Ruggiero - Mittwochs
Kategorien:
In 1647, Gian Lorenzo began work on a monumental reliquary for an ancient wooden chair (“Cathedra Petri”) thought to have belonged to St. Peter himself. The result was a spectacular ensemble of sculpture, gilded architecture, stained-glass and stucco that dominates the western apse of the great basilica.
