Tag Archives: Piazza Navona Fountain of the Four Rivers

behold the roots of heaven

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Dave

Bernini. Behold the roots of Heaven: they are made of stone. …. If Rome, a city where the monuments of successive civilizations coexist as peacefully as museum exhibits, seems to appear to us today mainly in seventeenth-century garb, the illusion … Continue reading →

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water worlds: the aqueous arts

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dave

Water as the wine of architecture. Sparkling or still, its ability to enhance a building has been appreciated for centuries. Water is spirit to architecture’s substance; it is the wit and grace of a building; narcissistic sheets of silver for … Continue reading →

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cool cool water

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dave

There is, perhaps no more solid , stable, and material art than architecture, and no more ethereal, evanescent, and volatile element than water. When the two combine, it is often for effects of singular magnificence and mystery. Water is spirit; … Continue reading →