Palazzo Barberini

With masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Filippo Lippi, the Palazzo Barberini museum in Rome offers a journey through the development of Italian art from the Renaissance through the Baroque period. Italian Renaissance art expert Rocky Ruggiero discusses the significance of this collection, the ambitions of the powerful Barberini family, and the artistic innovations that transformed Rome into the cultural capital of the Baroque world. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)