In the vast basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano the priests bustled like beetles around the baldacchino as they presided over Midnight Mass. |
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The twisted columns of Bernini's baldacchino above Saint Peter's tomb, as yet not found, do not announce his resurrection. |
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A metaphor for the sky, this modern baldacchino also frees them from any technica l requirements except supporting themselves. |
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De Rossi, a younger sculptor, had worked under Bernini on the baldacchino. |
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