Santa Maria di Loreto (Rome, Italy) : The lantern, the terminating element: a sphere (globe) surmounted by a cross

Creator:

Bramante, Donato, 1444-1514
Duca, Giacomo del, ca. 1520-1604
Sangallo, Antonio da, the younger, 1484-1546

Published/Created:

Rome, Lazio, Italy
ca. 1507-1577 (inclusive)

Date Depicted:

10/17/1997
1500 AD - 1699 AD

Materials:

brick
marble

Notes:

[The lower church is by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger built in 1525. The two side doors and the drum, dome and lantern were added by Del Duca between 1573-1577. Anthony Blunt refers to lantern as "a brilliant but fantastic structure which deeply shocked

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Baroque
Renaissance

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A1-DD-SL-D5

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
churches (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:

architectural exteriors carving ; construction buildings; religious buildings; churches lantern

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module One

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/17/1997

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:

10110031

PID:

digcoll:2311619