ART HIS 22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Piazza Navona, Pasquino, Baldachin
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Circle floor plan, were very into perfect forms and symmetry. True focus is the center, because it houses a martyr. Other floor plan expresses creativity, how it can be dynamic, move the viewer through the space. The idea of two circles side by side to create a diamond like plan. Bormini visage undulates, the other is perfectly curved. Trinitarian church for san carlino // small religion, look it up. Fountains were a political claim, propaganda of bringing water to the people // display of water shows that they will take case of citizens. Water is in constant movement, which is important in this monument. Travertine sculpture at the base, a type of marble that has holes and is very pliable. Four large male figures that personify rivers (river gods) There were also two keys which were the sign of st. peter. Piazza navona is a display of pamphili power (pope"s family), so it is a sculpture about their power (pope.
