The word “sapienza” means “wisdom” in Italian. It also refers to the Church of Saint Yves at La Sapienza, 1642–1660, designed by Baroque architect Francesco Borromini. In Eugene Green’s film, La ...

Spanning over 3 millennia with one of the highest concentrations of architecture in the world, Rome is a transcendental influence on the world's culture. Often called “The Eternal City,” it developed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When not abroad, travel writer John Oseid can be found in NYC or LA. As Monteverdi's sacred Vespers choral music sets the mood to ...

...Of Baroque. Francesco Borromini, a true great of Baroque Rome, is known for his unparalleled genius, serving to revolutionise architecture forever. This documentary tells his story.

Sixteen hundred and twenty-five was celebrated as a Jubilee year in the Roman Catholic world. Francesco Castelli di Bissone, born in 1599 and who arrived in Rome at the age of 20 after a long period ...

If Stephen Starr had been looking for a sign to move forward with a plan to turn Rittenhouse’s then-shuttered Barnes & Noble into a restaurant, that’s quite literally what he found during a trip to ...

Brooklyn-born French director Eugène Green's latest baroque reverie on the cathartic power of art is both grating and richly gratifying. Four centuries ago, Catholic Rome harnessed the emotional force ...