I couldn’t get that shot because there was some furniture in the way, but I had the spirit of Manfredo Tafuri with me

There’s more! Pamphili gardens and a coffee house I need to know more about

With students today at Piranesi’s S. Maria del Priorato, even more spectacular with the fall colors in the surrounding gardens

Thinking of a time between c.1490-1525 when painted facades likely dominated the center of Rome. There are just a few scattered examples of this sgraffito left. This on is on via del Moro in Trastevere.

Attending a session of the Early Modern Rome 5 conference at the Archivio Storico Capitolino and, lo and behold, Borromini’s Oratory is open!

After a hard week with lots of internal turmoil about what will happen to the world in the next months, it’s so nice to see new communities forming on this app. In thanks for new followers, here are a few peaceful images of Montefiascone, on Lake Bolsena, taken last weekend

CFP: John Cabot’s interdisciplinary conference on Trastevere. Happy to answer any questions.

Greetings from the new sofa, aka my new grading station. (Yes, we have a book and cd storage situation on our hands.)

While on the Gianicolo last weekend, took the opportunity to visit the Tempietto, which I haven’t had the chance to visit since before the pandemic.

Am I finally migrating here from Twitter? I think so. So here are a few photos from the Accademia degli Arcadi Bosco Parrasio that I took last weekend.

Today’s sopralluogo: Palazzo Altemps.

Getting into the Halloween spirit thanks to the Confraternita dell’Orazione e della Morte

And some of Palazzo Massimo and its chiaroscuro facade

Just finally getting set up here. Lots to say. So little time. So here are some photos I took last week at the convent of SS. Trinità dei Monti: ruin room by 18th-century artist Charles Louis Clérisseau.