3831. The first to
arrive was the sculptor and the painter. They came together in the same
conveyance, sharing the cost, and they had been involved in a halting
conversation full of pauses, all the way out from the city.
3832. The painter
had started the conversation after their carriage had passed a famous church in
the neighborhood along their route to Harriet’s house. The church was a small
structure in the style typical of all Orthodox churches having several gilded
onion domes and all its walls and arches painted in various colors in the
polychrome style. What made it famous was the name of the architect who had
designed the church. His name was Bartolomeo Salvino.
3833. Bartolomeo
Salvino was a Russian architect who, in his youth, had changed his name from
Salvinovitch to Salvino because of his great admiration for the works of
Italian Renaissance architecture. He especially loved the works of
Brunelleschi. This was not surprising since all architects love Brunelleschi in
their youth.
3834. You might
guess that Bartolomeo came from a family in which Italian art and architecture
were revered, and that is why he had been named Bartolomeo. The name did not
refer to any specific artist but was chosen simply for its musical sound.
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