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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1280-1855 (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorMaderno, Carloen_US
dc.date1280-1855en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-12T16:32:09Z
dc.date.available2013-04-12T16:32:09Z
dc.date.issued1280-1855en_US
dc.identifier207299en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 840en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/115167
dc.descriptionView looking up within the nave; [The basilica gets its name because, like many early Christian basilicas, it was built directly over (sopra) the foundations of a temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva.] The only example of a Gothic conventual church built in Rome is S Maria sopra Minerva, which was built by Pope Zacharias (reigned 741-752) and passed to the Dominicans in 1266-1275. In 1280 it was converted for use as a preaching church to designs by Fra Ristoro de' Campi (d 1284) and Fra Sisto di Firenze (d 1290). It is a rectangular space with nave and two aisles, transepts, apsidal chancel and lateral chapels on either side. Later the wooden ceiling above the nave was completed and the walls covered with decorative woodwork, stucco and false marble. In the 17th century it was redecorated in the Baroque style, and the aisles were remodelled once more in 1848-1855. The interior and chapels contain tombs and monuments of popes, cardinals, bishops and noblemen, as well as the tombs of St Catherine of Siena and Fra Angelico; through the centuries leading artists and architects were commissioned to remodel the building and to contribute to its splendid decoration. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/15/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediummarble; stone; stucco; frescoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdeath or burialen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectsaintsen_US
dc.subjectDominicansen_US
dc.subjectGothic (Medieval)en_US
dc.titleSanta Maria sopra Minervaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-R-SMS-1-E5en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypechurchen_US
vra.worktypebasilicaen_US
dc.contributor.displayCarlo Maderno (Italian architect, ca. 1556 - 1629) and othersen_US


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