The Old Hospice
(Old Hospice of Ave María and Saint King
Mr. Fernando). It was made by Pedro de
Ribera, during the ruling of Felipe V between 1721-1726.
Pedro de
Ribera was born in Madrid in 1681. His father was carpenter. He was disciple of
José de Churriguera and Teodoro Ardemans. He was designated lieutenant between
1718 and 1719. That position establish his prestige and permit him occupy a
hight post in the Court. One of his most important protectors was Francisco de
Salcedo y Aguirre. He died in Madrid in
1742 in the poetry house near the place he was born and he was sepulcrhed in
the Church oh Saint Cayetano. He introduced news techniques he used imitations
in stones of folded curtains, fabric, tassels and similar things took from
mayfly architectures frequent in the daily life. One of the more
characteristics elements of his works was the column. Some importants works
are:
- New promenade. First door of Saint Vicent.
- Toledos’ Bridge.
- Church of our Señora de Montserrat.
- Church of Saint Cayetano.
- Palace of Torrecilla
- Palace of Satoña
Pedro
wanted to created an hospice for the poor people, but in the 20th
century become to be used for expositions.
The facade
is one of the most examples of urban development of Baroque art.
Altarpieces gets up as a front
concerning the door of access, an arch escarzano, and acquires an ascending movement
culminating in the frontal divided into second bend and curves. Also, in the façade
we can distinguish three different highs: the lower has geometric and
vegetables forms. In the intermission the decoration tour around the figure of
Juan V. And the last high is lower than the others and its organized around a
large window with oval form that goes to a central space. We can see the
sculpture of Saint Fernando. Ribera used in the façade brick and stone. The ornamentation
is original, he used flowers, garland, bows, oval opening…
In 1624,
was founded the Hospice (25, March) in the Saint Isabel street and was donated
by Juan Carvajal y Vargas. Correctly to its bad conditions, in the year 1674
was decided to move it to the Alta de Fuencarral street, to some houses of
Carlos Goveo. In 1711, during the rule of Felipe V, decided the demolition of
this houses, to starting with the construction of the definitive building,
above the ones of Ribera. From the other constructions its only maintain the
Chapel where we can distinguish the canvas of Luca Giordano.
Nowadays,
its used like a museum. In 2002 started again with the construction directed by
Juan Pablo Rodríguez lasting in 2006.
I include
the sources that I used to look about information:
- https://artedemadrid.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/de-hospicio-a-museo-municipal/
- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Ribera#Biograf.C3.ADa
- http://arte.laguia2000.com/arquitectura/fachada-del-real-hospicio-de-madrid-pedro-de-rivera
- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Hospicio_de_San_Fernando
- http://almez.pntic.mec.es/~jmac0005/Bach_Arte/barroco/arquitectura_barroca3.htm
I attach some pictures about the Hospice and his author Ribera:
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1 comment:
Hello,
These are my corrections and comments: you can't translate word by word from Spanih. Word order is not the same in English.
This is your text corrected:
The Old Hospice (Old Hospice of Ave María and Saint Ferdinand King ). It was made by Pedro de Ribera, during the rule of Philip V between 1721-1726.
Pedro de Ribera was born in Madrid in 1681. His father was a carpenter. He was a disciple of José de Churriguera and Teodoro Ardemans. He was designated lieutenant between 1718 and 1719. That position established his prestige and allowed him occupy a high post in the Court. One of his most important protectors was Francisco de Salcedo y Aguirre. He died in Madrid in 1742 in the poetry house near the place he was born and he was buried in the Church oh Saint Cayetano. He introduced new(s) techniques: he used imitations in stones of folded curtains, fabric, tassels and similar things took from ephemeral architectures frequent in the daily life. One of the more characteristic(s) elements of his works was the column. Some important(s) works are:
• New promenade. First door of Saint Vincent.
• Toledos’ Bridge.
• Church of our Lady of Montserrat.
• Church of Saint Cayetano.
• Palace of Torrecilla
• Palace of Santoña
Pedro de Ribera wanted to create(d) an hospice for the poor people, but in the 20th century started being used for exhibitions
The facade is one of the most important examples of urban development of Baroque art. An altarpiece(s) gets up as a front concerning the door of access, a segmental arch, and acquires an ascending movement culminating in the frontal divided into second bend and curves. Also, in the façade we can distinguish three different highs: the lower part has geometric and vegetable(s) forms. In the intermission the decoration turns around the figure of Juan V. And the last high is lower than the others and it’s organized around a large window with oval form that goes to a central space. We can see the sculpture of Saint Fernando. Ribera used brick and stone in the façade. The ornamentation is original: he used flowers, garlands, bows, oval opening…
In 1624, the Hospice was founded (25th of March) in the Saint Isabel street and was donated by Juan Carvajal y Vargas. Due to its bad conditions, in the year 1674 it was moved to the Calle Alta de Fuencarral, to some houses of Carlos Goveo. In 1711, during the rule of Philip V, the demolition of these houses was decided, to start(ing) with the construction of the definitive building (above the ones of Ribera). From the other constructions (its) onlythe Chapel has been preserved, where we can distinguish the canvas of Luca Giordano.
Nowadays, it’s used like a museum. ERASE THIS LAST SENTENCE IN BRACKETS: (In 2002 started again with the construction directed by Juan Pablo Rodríguez lasting in 2006.)
Im includeing the sources that I used to look about information:
I’m attaching some pictures about the Hospice and his author Ribera:
You haven’t included any picture of the present hospice. You haven’t explained the Baroque features of the building. You have to make a bigger effort. And you have to include the sources of the pictures you’ve posted. Your mark is 5.5.
Bye.
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