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THE HIST OR Y OF ROME  37

Illusionistic
beams in
ceiling

Chapel painted on flat
slanting wall

Figures painted to be
viewed from an angle

Queen Christina of Sweden
St. Ignatius, In a coup for Catholicism, Christina renounced
founder of the Protestantism and abdicated her throne.
Jesuits In 1655 she moved to Rome, where she
became the center of a lively literary and
scientific circle.

Francesco Borromini
(1599–1667)
In the many churches he
built in Rome, Borromini
made use of revolutionary
geometric forms.

A marble rose marks the
best place to stand to San Carlo alle
appreciate the illusion of Quattro Fontane
space created by the artist. One of Borromini’s most
influential designs was this
tiny oval church (see p163)
on the Quirinal hill.

1651 Bernini
redesigns 1735 Spanish Steps are designed
much of Bernini’s Fontana 1694 Palazzo
Piazza Navona dei Quattro Fiumi di Montecitorio 1732 Work starts on
in Piazza Navona is completed the Trevi Fountain
1650 1675 1700 1725
1657 Borromini completes 1721 Bonnie
Sant’Agnese in Agone Prince Charlie is
Bonnie Prince 1734 Clement XII
Charlie, pretender born in Rome makes Palazzo
1656 Work starts on Bernini’s to the throne Nuovo world’s first
colonnade for St. Peter’s Square of England public museum

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