santa maria de miracoli

Question 1

function

Answer 1

-votive chapel to house the miracle working image of the virgin and child

Question 2

patron

Answer 2

local citizens and private donation

Question 3

fransiscan poor clares

Answer 3

• a convent was added alongside the church for the poor clares who served the shrine

-becam a monastic fransiscan institution

Question 4

byzantine influence

Answer 4

-polychrome decoration

-flattened arch

Question 5

how does it show religious devotion

Answer 5

-through its function
-use of marble
-patrons were venetian citizens

Question 6

material

Answer 6

white Carrara marble

purple porphyry- Egypt

green serpentine

Question 7

how does it show civic pride

Answer 7

-coloured marbles show venetian wealth

-funded by public

-lavish decoration

-mary was one of venice’s patron saints (linked to the feast of annunciation in which venice was founded)

Question 8

facade

Answer 8

-freestanding in a city where space was limited

-two classical orders present on sides (corinthian and ionic pilasters)

-symetrical

-rounded arches

Question 9

classical influence

Answer 9

-two classical orders present on sides (corinthian and ionic pilasters)

Question 10

how is humanism shown

Answer 10

-corinthian and ionic pilasters

-classical proportions and symmetry references roman architecture

-humanist ideals of harmony and proportion

Question 11

interior

Answer 11

-painted and guilded barrel vault

-marble carvings

-resembles medieval reliquary box (emphasises function)

-tall windows allows light emphasising marble decor and spirituality