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Francesco Borromini
[Italian Baroque Era Architect, 1599-1667]
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Francesco Borromini Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW!
Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online
The Royal Collection, London, UK
A design for a twisted column, 1625
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
45 works by or related to the artist
Galleria Borghese, Rome
Galleria Prospettica
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
1200 Years of Italian Sculpture (mostly in Italian)
California State University WorldImages Database 
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project 
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
USC Annenberg School for Communication
Additional Image Search Tools:
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Miscellaneous Sites:
Great Buildings Online
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Francesco Borromini 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
International Herald Tribune (now part of the New York Times organization)
"In Search of Rome's Dreamer in Stone," article by Roderick Conway Morris
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
search inside
The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, & the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
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