{"id":4431,"date":"2014-01-23T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=4431"},"modified":"2014-01-23T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T13:36:29","slug":"at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/","title":{"rendered":"At Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome to realize that no beauty can flourish if flourishing is forbidden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4431 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3181\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3181.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4441'>\n\t\t\t\tSanta Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3150\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4432\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4432'>\n\t\t\t\tSanta Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3179\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3179.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4440\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4440'>\n\t\t\t\tCosmatesque floor, XII cent., Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3174\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3174.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4439\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4439'>\n\t\t\t\tGiuliano da Sangallo, Roof, XVI cent., Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3157\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3157.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Filippo Carcani, Monument to Agostino Favoriti, 1685, Cappella Paolina, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4434\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4434'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Carcani, Monument to Agostino Favoriti, 1685, Cappella Paolina, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3155\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3155.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Filippo Carcani, Monument to Agostino Favoriti, 1685, Cappella Paolina, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4433\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4433'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Carcani, Monument to Agostino Favoriti, 1685, Cappella Paolina, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3163\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3163.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cappella Paolina, 1605-1611, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4436\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4436'>\n\t\t\t\tCappella Paolina, 1605-1611, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3162\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3162.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cappella Paolina, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4435\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4435'>\n\t\t\t\tCappella Paolina, 1605-1611, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3167\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Francesco Mancini, Nativit\u00e0, XVIII cent., Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4437\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4437'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancesco Mancini, Nativit\u00e0, XVIII cent., Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/23\/at-santa-maria-maggiore-in-rome-to-realize-that-no-beauty-can-flourish-if-flourishing-is-forbidden\/dsc_3171\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_3171.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cappella Sistina, 1584-1587, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4438\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4438'>\n\t\t\t\tCappella Sistina, 1584-1587, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Santa Maria Maggiore&#8217;s Cathedral in Rome has been the first Roman church dedicated to the Holy Mary. A legend says that it was founded on 5 August 356 by Pope Liberto after a miraculous summer snowfall. Actually the ruins of an older building from the age of Emperor August have been discovered under the church between 1966 and 1971.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like\u00a0various Italian historical buildings, also Santa Maria Maggiore is the result of many additions and restorations. The magnificent cosmatesque floor is from the XII century,\u00a0a hundred years later\u00a0Pope Niccol\u00f2 IV rebuilt the apse and decorated the new transept with mosaics, and cardinal Guglielmo d&#8217;Estouteville added the vaults at the aisles; Alessandro VI asked to Architect Giuliano da Sangallo for a new lavish ceiling, covered with the first gold come from America; the lateral chapels have been erected during the XVI century; Paolo V required the new building on the right side of the facade (1605), Clemente X restored the exterior of the apse and then Clemente XI built a second new building on the\u00a0left side of the facade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pietro\u00a0Cavallini, Cimabue, Giotto, Arnolfo di Cambio, Piero della Francesca, Domenico Beccafumi, the Sodoma, Michelangelo (who probably designed the Sforza&#8217;s Chapel), Guido Reni, Pietro Bernini\u00a0are some of the artists who worked there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, in order to preserve its beauty, nowadays Santa Maria Maggiore is a ultra-protected historical monument and nobody is allowed to\u00a0add anything else. In\u00a0the name of the historical value, the real reason for its beauty is lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Santa Maria Maggiore&#8217;s Cathedral in Rome has been the first Roman church dedicated to the Holy Mary. 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