16- Bernini and Borromini

Question 1

Bernini’s contributions to the new St. Peters

Answer 1

-1504 1. baldacchino over high alter where tomb is 2. the statues in the piers supporting the dome 3. the cathedral petri religuary and papal alter in western apse

Question 2

Baldaccino of St. Peters

Answer 2

1624-35 -above st peters tomb -below michelangelo’s dome

Question 3

The Pier Sculptures

Answer 3

-1627-41 -in st peters -contains important relics

Question 4

Cathedra Petri Reliquary and Papal

Answer 4

-1657-66 throne of peter as first bishop of Rome

Question 5

The Great Piazza of St. Peters

Answer 5

1656-67 -centered around obelisk -Bernini -oval space with double colonnade

Question 6

Scala Regia

Answer 6

1662-70 Bernini -passageway between papal apartments and basilica -stair case to eliminate turns and steepness -serliana motif at beginning

Question 7

SS Luca e Martina

Answer 7

-1635 -Pietro da Cortona -greek cross plan, centralizing -more dimensional than Gesu -more layered

Question 8

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Answer 8

-Borromini -1638-41 -irregular site shape -built for Spanish trinitarians -oval dome with four apses, centralizing

Question 9

Sant’Ivo della Sapienza

Answer 9

-Borromini -Rome -Dome is the only external expression -more medieval than classical because of six point star in plan