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Interior, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, view of the dome looking up

Title:

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Alternate Title:

San Carlino

View:

Interior, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, view of the dome looking up

Creators:

Antonio Raggi I (Italian sculptor, 1624-1686); Francesco Borromini (Italian architect, 1599-1667)

Date:

1634-1646 (design); 1665-1667 (alteration)

Style/Period:

Baroque

Location:

site: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Location Note:

23 Via del Quirinale

GPS:

+41.901833+12.49075

Culture:

Italian

Measurements:

39 ft (width) x 66 ft (length)

Materials:

marble

Work Types:

buildings; religious buildings; churches; complexes; religious communities; monasteries

Description:

In 1634 Cardinal Francesco Barberini helped Borromini to gain his first commission as an independent architect, the monastery and church of S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (or S Carlino) for the Discalced Trinitarians, who had established themselves there in 1611. The monastic building, complete with cells, refectory and library, was finished by 1636, but work on the church could not begin until 1638. It was dedicated to S Carlo Borromeo in 1646, but the façade was not completed until 1677, ten years after Borromini's death. In this early masterpiece Borromini was faced with the conflicting demands of a strictly ascetic order with a severe shortage of funds that yet wished to create an impression on papal Rome. Exterior sculpture is by Antonio Raggi I and interior stucco work by Giuseppe and Giulio Bernasconi. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)

Classification:

Architecture and City Planning

Technique:

construction (assembling)

Image Rights:

Vendor ID:

1A1-BF-SC-I1

MDID Identifier:

593

Archivision Set:

Archivision Base Collection

Collection:

Archivision Base Module

Collection:

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Record created:

June 7, 2018

Last modified:

Oct. 31, 2018

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