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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1518 - 1537 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSangallo, Antonio da, the elderen_US
dc.date1518-1537en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-11T18:58:38Z
dc.date.available2013-04-11T18:58:38Z
dc.date.issued1518-1537en_US
dc.identifier205766en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 821en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/113425
dc.descriptionClose view of the south apse; Antonio's most important work is the pilgrimage church of the Madonna di S Biagio (begun 1518), near Montepulciano. The dome was completed in 1543, the east tower in 1564, and the west tower (not completed) was added in 1574. The lantern and the upper floor of the tower were designed in 1543 by Baccio d'Agnolo. Antonio's numerous drawings of the project (Florence, Uffizi) are evidence of a careful process of planning. Taking the model of his brother's S Maria delle Carceri, Prato, as a starting-point, he created a vast centralized building. The plan is a Greek cross, without aisles. A square block projects above the crossing to form a base for the drum, pilastered inside and out, which supports a hemispherical dome. The arms of the cross are barrel-vaulted, and the four supporting arches at the crossing spring from a jutting entablature borne on ensembles of deeply modelled Doric pilasters and engaged columns on a low plinth, which project well forward into the crossing space. The church is designed into its landscape setting and, while enhancing the significance of its site, defers to the ambient buildings. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/20/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectPilgrims and pilgrimagesen_US
dc.subjectRenaissanceen_US
dc.titleMadonna di San Biagioen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SAE-SB-B5en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypechurchen_US
dc.contributor.displayAntonio da Sangallo the Elder (Italian architect, ca. 1455-1534)en_US


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