carlo maderno st. peters basilica rome

Carlo Maderno. Maderno was a Swiss-Italien architect, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His facades of Santa Susanna, St peters basilica and Sant'Andrea della Valle were of key importance...


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398). Another principle associated with Baroque architecture is a sense of movement. Early Baroque Architecture first emerged through the works on the Saint Peters Basilica, Vatican City, by the architect Carlo Maderno.
Fallon Shearin Design: Reading Reponse 7: Baroque Architecture

I gave short shrift yesterday to Antonio Sangallo the younger in my eagerness to get to Michelangleo's role in the design and construction of St. Peter's Basilica. I had mentioned how he had diverted materials and labor from the Basilica to build a palace for himself on the Via Giulia, Rome's most fashionable street but his time as Capomaestro or chief architect was marked by nepotism and graft as he gave contracts to all his relatives and friends, hiring members of his...
carlo maderno st. peters basilica rome