Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Santa Maria in Montesanto
Image View:
The campanile
Creator:
Carlo Rainaldi (Italian architect, 1611-1691); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680)
Location:
site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Date:
1662-1679 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
church
Classification:
architecture
Material:
marble; stone; stucco
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; campanile; bell tower
Description:
"Rainaldi here had both the job of town planner and church architect. He designed this impressive piazza with the two churches opposite the Porta del Popolo. Three main streets radiate from the Piazza to the heart of Rome, two of each of the three flanking one of the apparently twin churches. The large domes, one oval and one round, appear identical from the Piazza. This adjustment in plan was necessitated by differing sites. The classical temple front was influenced by Bernini." (Source: Digital Imaging Project, Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University; http://www.bluffton. edu/~sullivanm/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module One
Identifier:
1A1-RC-SMM-A4
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Santa Maria in Montesanto