• grandeur, largness, scale
• movement (break from geometry, undulating walls, movement of light)
• painted walls
• synthesis f all art (paint, sculpt.) into expression of arch.
• using non-geometric shapes to create EXPERIENCE

Giacomo Vignola &Giacomo della Porta, Il Gesu, Rome, 1568-76

• S that unites tall & wide part
• sculpture and elements of facade more intense towards center

Carlo Maderno, S. Sussana, Rome, 1596-1603

• similar to Il Gesu but more sculpture (esp figures in niches)

Carlo Maderno, plan of St. Peter's, Rome, 1606-12

• drama & power
• counter-reformation=aisle church-->move away from centralized

Bernini, Baldacchino, St. Peter's, Rome, 1624-33

• canopy over alter
• highly detailed
• hidden window at crossing, light comes in from behind throne

Bernini, Plaza, St. Peter's, Rome, 1648

• oval
• play w/ space: tightening & opening
• double collonade: light & shadow-->undulating effect

Scala Regia, Vatican, Rome, 1663-66

• false perspective
• passageway from Vatican to St Peters

Bernini, S. Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, 1658-70

• small, oval
• outer walls curved outward to create larger space 
• scultpures break pediments & wall surfaces
• 1 large dome, hidden windows

Borromini, S. Ivo della Sapienza, Rome, 1642

• curved facade
• enter only through courtyard
• dome: sculptures of angels & stars
• arch controlls perspectives

Borromini, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1634

• small
• walls: undulating & carved (figures in niches)
• egg shaped dome w/ 4 corners carved out
• walls painted white inside

Pietro da Cortona, Santi Luca e Martina, Rome, 1664-69

• facade: skin w/ rest of church behind it-->awk
• no more S curve
• rectangular in plan, but feels curved inside space

Pietro da Cortona, S. Maria della Pace, Rome, 1656-58

• very tight urban space-->creates experience & entrance w/ side walls

Giuseppe Valadier, Piazza del Popolo, Rome, 1816

• center: obelisk
• goosefoot
• new matching facades for 2 churches
• draws pilgrims through city

Bernini & Borromini, Piazza Navona, Rome, 1644

• old Roman racetrack
• fountain of 4 rivers & obelisk in center, 2 flanking fountaings
• uniform facades