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Il Gesu
Rome
1570
Arch: della Porta
*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)
*Jesuits as patrons
*Strong axial emphasis
*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there
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Il Gesu
Rome
1570
Arch: della Porta
*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)
*Jesuits as patrons
*Strong axial emphasis
*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there
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Il Gesu
Rome
1570
Arch: della Porta
*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)
*Jesuits as patrons
*Strong axial emphasis
*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there |
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Il Gesu
Rome
1570
Arch: della Porta
*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)
*Jesuits as patrons
*Strong axial emphasis
*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there
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Piazza San Pietro
St. Peter's Square
1660
Bernini
*Oval shape, mothering arms of church
*Relics kept under dome
*Baroque was all about drama, this was a stage
*Organized space in front of St. Peter's |
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St Peters (Church)
Rome
1660
Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno (facade in 1600)
*Extended Greek Cross
*Pilgrimage
*Elaborate processions, ceremonies
*Hard to see dome with lengthened nave
*Spaces between columns decrease to bring your eye to the center of facade |
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome
1640
Borromini
*Embellished the intersection of routes linking districs of the city with 4 fountains set diagonally across each corner
*"Oval" shape with long axis leading to the alter
*Greek cross plan
*Dome: Octagon, Hexagon and Trinitarian crosses get smaller towards the center to give the illusion of height
*Dome is on pendentives
*Facade mirrors internal play of concave and convex
*Fountain into the corner of facade so it fits into Baroque architecture |
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome
1640
Borromini
*Embellished the intersection of routes linking districs of the city with 4 fountains set diagonally across each corner
*"Oval" shape with long axis leading to the alter
*Greek cross plan
*Dome: Octagon, Hexagon and Trinitarian crosses get smaller towards the center to give the illusion of height
*Dome is on pendentives
*Facade mirrors internal play of concave and convex
*Fountain into the corner of facade so it fits into Baroque architecture
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome
1640
Borromini
*Embellished the intersection of routes linking districs of the city with 4 fountains set diagonally across each corner
*"Oval" shape with long axis leading to the alter
*Greek cross plan
*Dome: Octagon, Hexagon and Trinitarian crosses get smaller towards the center to give the illusion of height
*Dome is on pendentives
*Facade mirrors internal play of concave and convex
*Fountain into the corner of facade so it fits into Baroque architecture
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S. Ivo della Sapienza
Rome
1640
Borromini
*Chapel behind a two story courtyard of a college
*Patron named UrbanVIII was known as "king of Bees" so the plan is the flattened shape of a flying Bee
*Plan geometrized into a Hexagon by the intersections of two equilateral triangles
*Exotic Lantern on top of Dome that spirals upwards
*Lantern symbolizes popes authority, conch shell, divine wisdom
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Palace of Versailles
Versailles
1680
Arch: Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart
*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns
*Banquets and Festivities
*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry
*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene) |
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Palace of Versailles
Versailles
1680
Arch: Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart
*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns
*Banquets and Festivities
*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry
*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)
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Palace of Versailles
Versailles
1680
Arch: Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart
*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns
*Banquets and Festivities
*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry
*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)
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Place Vendome
Paris
1700
Arch: Hardouin Mansart
*Public Square
*Rectilinear plan
*Crossed by street on axis
*Surrounding buildings have irregular design
*Symmetrical |
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Place Vendome
Paris
1700
Arch: Hardouin Mansart
*Public Square
*Rectilinear plan
*Crossed by street on axis
*Surrounding buildings have irregular design
*Symmetrical
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Place Vendome
Paris
1700
Arch: Hardouin Mansart
*Public Square
*Rectilinear plan
*Crossed by street on axis
*Surrounding buildings have irregular design
*Symmetrical
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Place des Vosges
Paris
1600 |
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Palace of Versailles
Versailles
1680
Arch: Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart
*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns
*Banquets and Festivities
*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry
*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)
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