St. Peter's Square
Colonnades of 284 columns as the Church's embrace, a model as far as St Petersburg's Kazan Cathedral
- Author
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Style
- Baroque — Art designed to overwhelm: motion, dramatic light and theatre that pulls the viewer in
- Century
- 17th century
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