FILE: 07_St. Peter's Baldacchino_Bernini.jpg

TITLE: ARCHITECTURE - Baldacchino in St. Peter's - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ITALY

DESCRIPTION: by BERNINI. Baldacchino = Canopy. Shrine of Peter. Typical Baroque style = very ornamental. Massive: 100' high. Four niches w/ saints: one w/ big cross is St. Helena, Constantine's mother who found the true cross of Christ and brought it back. .