A Gallery to Remember

A day I remember fondly was the day I went to the Borghese Gallery. The gallery is filled with incredible sculptures by Bernini and Canova and paintings by Caravaggio. It is hard to believe that the place was in fact someones house who collected all this artwork. Each room is decorated impeccably with the ceilings and walls painted with amazing and three dimensional murals.

The details in the marbles are something I will never forget. It made me wonder why art like this is not created anymore. The conclusion was sadly simple, money. The consumer is in charge in an artist's world. Without anyone to fund artists to make marble sculptures, they turn to other creative works. A modern Bernini might go into animation or the film industries. I guess in a way today's sculptures are the details put into CGI models of life.

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