Travels with a Curator: Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

In the second episode of "Travels with a Curator," Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, takes us to his hometown of Rome. We visit the Castel Sant'Angelo, an important historic site that is often overlooked by tourists. In this video, Xavier explains how the Castel Sant'Angelo's ancient structure experienced transformations over the centuries, and he makes connections to our current pandemic situation and to works of art in The Frick Collection.
To see the Frick's 'Vincenzo Anastagi' El Greco painting in detail, please visit our website: collections.frick.org/objects...

[@dianebeckman1911]

Fabulous! So informative and rich! Xavier Salomon's videos have been one of the most precious silver linings of the confinement. Thank you!

[@vvidal3317]

Love this "Travels with a Curator" series - 2 so far! Excellent and wonderful Curator Salomon. Bravo!

[@lynnepreisser9043]

Another brilliant program. A nexus of art, history and culture.

[@adrianabutmalai2590]

Thank you!

[@maura9035]

Love,love,love this series and specifically curator Solomon’s presentation. Thank you!

[@christianfrommuslim]

Yes, Tosca is a wonderful opera. Curiously last month we were burglarized. They overlooked the original works of art and other valuable things, but took the custom framed print of you showed of Sarah Bernhardt as Tosca and a few other opera prints. Imagine, opera-loving burglars!

[@rc93013]

Another interesting and informative lesson...thank you! Can’t wait to show Tosca to my girls.

[@Auriflamme]

I just have to say that I love these presentations. They are wonderfully researched and always interesting.

[@kayleenlewis4229]

it will be wonderful when the Frick is open again, but I will sooooo miss these lectures by Xavier Salomon! Love listening to all these presentations while sewing masks!!!

[@dottiejeffries939]

I love these travels to lesser known places, their connections to our times, and to the Frick. Thank you. I look forward to traveling to Poland next week,.

[@colclark107]

Hope to get back to the Frick soon. Thanks so much for this wonderful video!!!

[@fredwolf6083]

This is one of the most informative, lucid and entertaining videos of its kind I've ever seen.

[@brunoantony3218]

Thank you for the information on the statue of archangel Michael.

[@meggallucci5300]

Such a brilliant talk. Xavier Salomon is capable of weaving a true life tale integrating opera, history, architecture and art. He makes the most wonderful and inspiring connections between people and things. I love this series and cocktails with a curator as well.

[@donaldauguston9740]

Extremely interesting video. Thank you very much indeed! DA

[@sandraeugeni7606]

I love these videos! Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@stephaniemedina1848]

Thank you for your history lesson on one of my favorite places I love castel santangelo been twice in my lifetime 🌹🌷🐱🌈 God bless

[@carlabroderick5508]

Thanks for remembering us during Covid with in these stories associated with great art.

[@julieb750]

Excellent program. Went there 10 years ago. This was a great way to sort of travel back there during these times.

[@evanread3953]

Fascinating history beautifully told.

[@waynedegrange6002]

Enjoyed this so much. I've visited this site in 2014. I have a souvenir magnet on my fridge. I miss Rome. I had plans to visit Italy this fall :(

[@karenross3457]

We have planed to visit in the fall also. Hopefully next year.

[@mercelloveras7453]

Thank you! As always, very interesting conference.

[@Johnmartin-vz7yc]

What a wonderful travel companion!

[@Weesperbuurt]

Thank you so much!

[@ANNAANNA-kt9nm]

Sto esaurendo le frasi di elogio adatte a spiegazioni così chiare, complete e profonde. Ci sono stata e rivivo tutto attraverso i Suoi video. Complimenti per la Sua cultura enciclopedica e la maniera estremamente semplice con cui ce ne fa parte. Grazie , grazie , grazie.

[@trendingwwwandw]

very beautiful + interesting ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks for sharing :)♥️🌹

[@lucanardecchia2859]

Thank you Xavier for this interesting lesson on one of the most fascinating monument of our city. Bravissimo come sempre!Saluti da Roma. Luca e Stefania.

[@melissamohr8985]

Absolutely incredible- thank you so much!!!!

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

Understanding more 🌎🎨

[@bjjaah]

Molto Grazie

[@goodboybuddy1]

You are just too smart. Is all this coming off the top of your head? Wow! I love the Frick and I love and have spent some time in your home town. Stayed in via Ottaviano. Hung out around the Vatican. Weird, huh? Great presentation! Thanks

[@biljanar2627]

Fantastic! Thank you for those wonderful videos!

[@dennisleon4160]

Great videos! Thank you, if possible I would like to see more of the Frick collection since lockdown will probably last longer in Costa Rica.

[@bigballetlover]

Thank you - so interesting to hear the story behind the Castel Sant'Angelo.

[@usetherightbrain.]

Thank you this wonderful series- such a revelation, and its is remarkable how similar to the Tower of London this Castel is.

[@cindydececco3690]

Great lecture! I have so many questions about the Castel I am compelled to write a letter to Director Salomon!

[@denisedenis2907]

I really loved this, as I nearly missed out, but as an afterthought did visit Castel Sant’Angelo and this has helped fill in the gaps.

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

A very interesting video. Thanks! Rome is superb and contains so much. They say (correctly!) that it takes more than one lifetime to see Rome.

[@melitathorpe8982]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@candicechristian7344]

Beautifully done.. would love to see all.thank you

[@criscavi19]

Thanks a lot! I adore your reviews

[@TheGaucha7]

Another great travel ! Grazie Mille !!!!

[@celesteaida48]

Bravissimo

[@juanvelez8564]

Thanks for this beautifully entertaining and informative and educational video. It makes me want to go and live the rest of my life in Rome. And to visit the Frick Collection in New York --- frequently.

[@XX-gy7ue]

ALL OF ITALY SHOULD BE PRESERVED WITH GREAT CARE - ROME ! just the name ! DEAR GOD !

[@edithrambure-lambert9098]

Edith R-L Very interesting, thank you Xavier. And do carry on with these short talks, they are so instructive and entertaining.

[@johnbambridge4434]

Bravo. Great talk. Thx

[@janetthomas8244]

Fascinating. I have been there several times but never went inside. Next time.

[@jfarinacci0329]

Very good. Thank you.

[@juliepizzinat236]

Best of the best!

[@marcust4238]

Thank you.

[@deejayk5939]

Wonderful

[@giulianoradice4715]

Salomon è molto bravo! Gli suggerisco di illustrare una raccolta d'arte bellissima ma poco nota fuori d'Italia: la Fondazione Magnani Rocca a Traversetolo, vicino a Parma. È un museo non molto grande ma magnifico. Possiede il quadro più importante di Goya che esista al di fuori della Spagna. Inoltre sono presenti opere importantissime di Tiziano, Rubens, Van Dyck, Carpaccio, Durer, Gentile da Fabriano, Canova, Renoir, Monet, Morandi ecc.ecc. La visita potrebbe essere abbinata con quella alla Galleria Nazionale di Parma che ospita opere importantissime di Correggio, Parmigianino, Holbein, Van Dyck, Leonardo da Vinci, Canova, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piazzetta ecc.ecc.

[@robcoghan5204]

Have passed it several times , never thought to visit.

[@bahhumbug9824]

Came for the castle, stayed for Vincenzo Anastagi's pants.

[@dawneabdulal-bari9313]

Beautiful ! Shared ;->

[@ritabiro5105]

Its was very intetesting to discover again Rome Hadrians monument.StAngelo were I was also but I havent seen the beatifully decorated saal.But it was many years ago.St.Mochaels schuld really stop Covid I pray also to him and schoul defend the Santo Padre Francesco and hide may bee in case there.

[@Weesperbuurt]

PBS executives should be planning an armchair travel series starring Xavier.

[@amatteroflogic]

“I’m assuming most people saw it” haha. No my friend , we haven’t.

[@bahhumbug9824]

Bugs Bunny didn't do Tosca? Shame.

[@bjjaah]

@@bahhumbug9824 Aha! That’s why I missed it!

[@MrJkopec22]

Tosca

[@dalhousiekid]

Who painted the portrait of the son of the pope? Couldn't understand from your voice.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Cellini was quite a character, but probably someone to avoid. Anyone watching this is likely to visit the Kunsthistorisches Museum if they're ever in Vienna, and you will be amazed when you see Cellini's exquisite salt cellar there. Trust me, photographs do not do it justice.

[@kaloarepo288]

Hector Berlioz,the greatest French composer,wrote an opera called "Benvenuto Cellini" -the Roman carnival overture is a well known excerpt from it.

[@stefanomarzari4388]

You're right: great artists are not always good people. Caravaggio, for instance, killed a man in a duel, and Michelangelo had an impossible temperament, according to ancient sources.

[@johnhetherington8830]

what the frick?