CHURCH OF SAINT ANDREA AL QUIRINALE ( BERNINI )

The Church of Saint Andrew's at the Quirinal is a splendid Baroque church designed by Bernini in Rome. It is a tender scene to imagine: the great Baroque architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in his last years, sitting for hours in this gem of a church, admiring the wondrous space he had created. A painter, sculptor, architect, playwright and stage designer, Bernini fashioned a visually integrated masterwork, which tells the story of Sant'Andrea martyrdom and ascension into heaven.from paintings to sculpture, from the rich coffered dome to the sumptuous pink marble columns. 

There are formed by two parts:

Exterior: Sant’Andrea is set back from the street and the space outside the church is enclosed by low curved quadrant walls. An oval cylinder encases the dome, and large volutes transfer the lateral thrust. The main façade to the street has an aedicular pedimented frame at the center of which a semicircular porch with two Ionic columns marks the main entrance. Above the porch entablature is the heraldic coat of arms of the Pamphili patron.

                                               

                       Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant'Andrea_al_Quirinale



Interior: Inside, the main entrance is located on the short axis of the church and directly faces the high altar. The oval form of the main congregational space of the church is defined by the wall, pilasters and entablature, which frame the side chapels, and the golden dome above. Large paired columns supporting a curved pediment differentiate the recessed space of the high altar from the congregational space.

                                   

                     Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Andrea_al_Quirinale




Chapels: Floor map - Legend: (1) Main entrance, (2) Chapel of Saint Francis Xavier, (3) Chapel of the Passion, (4) Chapel Saint Stanislas Kostka, (5) Chapel of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, (6) Main altar, (7) Entrance to novitiate and access to the rooms of Saint Stanislas Kostka.

Characteristics of this work:

The fundamental characteristic of Baroque art is dynamism (a sense of motion). Strong curves, rich decoration, and general complexity are all typical features of Baroque art . Here I put a link that defines very well the characteristics of Baroque and histroria, authors, etc ...

http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-art/architecture/baroque/



Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born in 7 - December - 1590 and died in 28 - November - 1680.
Was an Italian artist and a prominent architect who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. In addition, he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets.

Some works by Bernini:
St. Peter's colonade, St. Peter's baldachin , Ponte St. Angelo angels , Damned Soul, etc... there are some archtecture and one sculpture.

                                                    



                       Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

I have chosen this picture because it is funny and Paqui said to me that if you put this picture in the project you will pass.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Andrea_al_Quirinale

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-sant-andrea-al-quirinale

St. Peter's Baldachin, Gian Lorenzo Bernini

St. Peter's Baldachin was built from 1623 to 1634. This work was done by Bernini himself in his studio, but he was helped by Francesco Borromini from 1629 to the end of work. St. Peter's Baldachin was commissioned by the pope. Shortly after reaching the papacy, Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, who would take the papal name of Urban VIII commissioned the work to his favourite artist, Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

It is a ciborium or monumental baldachin of 28'5 meters. It has four columns (20 meters) culminated in a canopy of forged black solid bronze and based on Baroque style, which is housed in the center of the transept of the basilica of St. Peter's Basilica, directly under the dome, in the Vatican City. It is located on the vault where the tomb of the Apostle Peter is.

                                                               

St. Peter's Basilica

It has a Baroque style. The Baroque is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.

In 1610 was commissioned Carlo Maderno, Bernini's predecessor, was commissioned for the design of a permanent baldachin for San Peter, for which he already incorporated spiral columns. Actually the Old St. Peter's Basilica had twelve spiral columns forming a screen before the altar. Greece had brought by the Emperor Constantine in the second century from Greecce. In the Middle Ages peoples claimed that they came from the Temple of Solomon. What is certain is that they are of Greek marble. Eight of those columns are preserved inside the basilica, near the canopy.

Sources:

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter's_Baldachin
- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldaquino_de_San_Pedro#Descripci.C3.B3n
- http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/v2/obras/16318.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque
- https://www.google.es/imghp?hl=es&tab=wi&ei=NRhuVLeJL8naoATdh4DQAw&ved=0CAQQqi4oAg