Episode 359 - Rome: The Borghese Gallery (Part III)

03/12/2025 24 min
Episode 359 - Rome: The Borghese Gallery (Part III)

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Episode Synopsis

This episode takes you through the 1st-floor rooms of the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy. It discusses the breathtaking early statues by Gian Lorenzo Bernini - "Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius," "Pluto and Persephone," "Apollo and Daphne," and "David," as well as Antonio Canova's sublime Neoclassical "Paolina Bonaparte as Venus Victrix."