Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta (Rome, Italy) : General view of the piazza, looking southeast
- Creator:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Published/Created:
- Aventine Hill, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1764-1766 - Date Depicted:
- 1/5/1998
1700 AD - 1799 AD - Materials:
- stone
- Notes:
- Over the same period (1764-1766), Piranesi renovated the church and headquarters of the Knights of Malta on the Aventine for their Grand Prior, Cardinal Giovambattista Rezzonico (1740-1783). He devised a ceremonial piazza with an ornamental entrance screen and transformed the modest façade and interior of S Maria del Priorato into an impressive monument to the Order's military history, subtly overlaid with complex antique symbolism .
- Variant Titles:
- Piazza of the Knights of Malta
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 18th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-PG-PCM-A2
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
open spaces: squares (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- allegorical; architectural exteriors; military; war; Knights of Malta carving ; construction open spaces; squares (open spaces); piazzas (squares)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Three
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1/5/1998 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10156942
- PID:
- digcoll:1825634