Temple and Forum of Minerva (now the church of S. Maria Sopra Minerva) 1641

Editor: This is Giacomo Lauro's "Temple and Forum of Minerva," currently located at the Harvard Art Museums. It's a plate, and I find its architectural precision almost dreamlike. What do you make of it? Curator: It whispers of Rome's layered past, doesn't it? Minerva's temple, now a church...see how Lauro captures that transformation? It's like history breathing on paper. Imagine the stories those stones could tell if they could speak! It really makes you wonder, doesn't it? Editor: It does! I hadn't thought about the layers of history so literally before. Curator: Art's like that; it opens doors to time.