Example sentences for: bernini

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  • Romans who delight in Bernini’s scorn for his rivals suggest that the Nile god covers his head rather than look at Borromini’s church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, and the river god of the Americas is poised to catch it in case it collapses.

  • In the center, Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Fiumi) celebrates the great rivers of the four continents: the Americas (Río de la Plata), Europe (Danube), Asia (Ganges), and Africa (Nile).

  • From the home of Cardinal Ippolito d’Este, guests can look down at the terraced gardens, the real reason for Tivoli’s fame and your visit: alleys of cypresses and soaring fountains (500 in all, including Bernini’s Bicchierone), grottoes, waterfalls, reflecting pools, and everywhere the cool sound of rushing water.

  • Adorned by ten angel sculptures by Bernini and his studio, it arrives at the Castel Sant’Angelo, originally built as Hadrian’s mausoleum in a.d. 139.

  • The 17th-century Baroque Madonna del Voto Chapel (in the right transept) was designed by Bernini, whose statues of St. Jerome and Mary Magdalen flank the entrance.


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