53. Rome's First Christians and their Catacombs
Recent episodes have followed Bernini as a preliminary guide to the spirit of Christian Rome in the time of the Counterreformation, when the new St. Peter's and the Galleria Borghese were built. But w...
4 Maj 202125min
52. Augustus, Antony, and Apollo's Temple on the Palatine Hill
Augustus boasted that he turned Rome from brick to marble, and I think he did. But did he also turn it from a republic to an empire and, if so, did his architectural projects help? We consider his ma...
27 Apr 202124min
51. Mussolini and the Piazza of Augustus the Emperor
Mussolini wanted to identify Fascist Rome with Ancient Rome, but more than this, he wanted to associate himself with Augustus, the first and founding emperor of the imperial period. To see how he did ...
20 Apr 202121min
50. Back to the Borghese, Bernini, and the Baroque
We return to the Galleria Borghese to consider the remaining two of Bernini's four masterpieces, his Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanias, and his David. Both statues may represent the virtue of piety, one ...
13 Apr 202123min
49. Augustus: The Man and His Forum
Today we visit the Forum of Augustus, the second of the five Imperial Forums of Ancient Rome. Apart from providing a general overview, I hope to show another case in which Augustus used art and archit...
6 Apr 202122min
48. Mussolini's Gutting of Rome in Search of its "Romanness"
Mussolini represented a revolutionary change in Italian government, and he sought to transform the look of Rome as well. He did this partly by the structures added but also by what he stripped away. W...
30 Mars 202119min
47, Bernini Meets Ovid in the Villa Borghese
We visit the Galleria Borghese and focus on two sensual statues sculpted by Gianlorenzo Bernini, both based on stories told by the old Latin poet Ovid. Both were commissioned by the Borghese family wh...
23 Mars 202123min
46. Back to the Beginning: A Quick Review of My Goals Mini Pod
On this six-month anniversary of Get Ready for Rome, I review the goals of this podcast series. They are partly straightforward: to introduce Rome's main monuments, churches, and works of art. Beyond ...
18 Mars 20219min
