Talk:Trinità dei Monti

Rearrangement of layout
Changes have been made in the layout of this article without any explanation of the reason for them.

When re-writing the article and adding photographs to illustrate it I naturally considered carefully how these should be arranged.

The picture of the church rising above the upper reaches of the Spanish Steps was chosen to emphasise its commanding position, which is mentioned in the lead, and given a specified size (300px) which would ensure that the steps would be seen clearly even if the reader did not trouble to enlarge it. (The other picture with the Steps shows its position more completely but makes little impact unless enlarged, which many readers will not do). However the picture does not show the facade clearly and a picture of the facade was added at the start of the article so that both the facade and its position would make an immediate impact on the reader. The lead is quite short and fits admirably between the two pictures.

I included a size for the photographs to ensure that they would be shown large enough for the reader to decide whether he wished to enlarge them further or not.

The other alteration which has been made is in the name of the church. I do not think that this makes a great deal of difference but I thought it best to start with the full name before giving the common name, but emphasising the latter with bold type. I still think that is best.

I intend to restore my original format and hope that anybody wishing to alter it will show the courtesy of a reasoned explanation.

Waysider1925 (talk) 13:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect Info?
I see that the article states:

"The second chapel on the left has a well-known canvas of the Deposition in grisaille, by Daniele da Volterra, which imitates in trompe-l'œil a work of sculpture"

Yet, the only work entitled "Deposition" that I can find is a sculpture by Wilhelm Achtermann. Daniele da Volterra does have two paintings in the chapels of Trinita Dei Monti, "Descent from the Cross" and "Assumption of the Virgin" but neither are in grisaille. "Assumption" does, however, use the tromp l'oil technique to great effect. Furthermore, "Descent" has an alternate tile of "The Deposition" which may be why the user confuses the two works, one a sculpture by Achtermann and the other a painting by Volterra. Burtre26 (talk) 02:14, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, must be right; changed. Johnbod (talk) 03:09, 15 November 2023 (UTC)