Palazzo Corsini

…palace, the Riario (now the Corsini, on the Lungara in Rome), contained the greatest collection of paintings of the Venetian school ever assembled, as well as other notable paintings, sculpture, and medallions. It became the meeting place of men of letters and musicians. The Arcadia Academy (Accademia dell’Arcadia) for philosophy…

…across the river in the Palazzo Corsini in the Trastevere rione (district). The pictures, most of them works by celebrated masters, were contributed by distinguished families, including the Barberini. Architecturally, the Palazzo Barberini is important because it marks a departure from the heavy-set four-square town houses of the early and…