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Vignola
Il Gesú (plan)
1568-73
Rome
- Il Gesu means Jesus
- based on the Albertian ideal of classical design principles applied to the Christian basilica
2
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Borromini
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Plan)
1634
Rome
- the intricate longitudinalized central plan based on the figure of two adjacent equilateral triangles that inscribe two circles from which an oval is formed
3
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Vignola
Il Gesú
1568-73
Rome
- interior was originally very simply decorated, and as time went on, the interior surfaces were increasingly covered with colored marble revetment
4
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Borromini
San Carlo alle Quaattro Fontane (Dome)
1638-41
- the intricate longitudinalized central plan based on the figure of two adjacent equilateral triangles that inscribe two circles from which an oval is formed
5
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Borromini
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Façade)
1665-77
Rome
- was designed the same time as the church, but a lack of funds help up construction until several decades later
6
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Borromini
Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza (Dome)
1642-60
- rejects the serene, monumental buildings of the Renaissance in favor of fantastic, dynamic structures
7
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Guarini
Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Dome)
1657-94
Cathedral of San Giovanni, Turin
- looks bigger than it is
- burned down
- black marble
8
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Guarini
Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Dome)
1657-94
Cathedral of San Giovanni, Turin
- looks bigger than it is
- burned down
- black marble
Baroque test 2
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