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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1634-1636 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBorromini, Francescoen_US
dc.date1634-1636en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-26T19:26:30Z
dc.date.available2013-04-26T19:26:30Z
dc.date.issued1634-1636en_US
dc.identifier211370en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 645en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/118851
dc.descriptionFront façade, lateral close-up of canopy over entrance door; In 1634 Cardinal Francesco Barberini helped Borromini to gain his first commission as an independent architect, the monastery and church of S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (or S Carlino) for the Discalced Trinitarians, who had established themselves there in 1611. The monastic building, complete with cells, refectory and library, was finished by 1636, but work on the church could not begin until 1638. The monastic building with its small courtyard was created first to meet the Order's most pressing needs; the courtyard design is notable for the convex curvature of its corners and its pairs of monumental Doric columns. In his designs for the low upper storey of the courtyard, Borromini was apparently influenced by Bramante's cortile at S Maria della Pace, Rome (1500). He subsequently clad the stark external walls of the living-quarters with a spacious grid of flat pilasters. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/9/2007)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; stuccoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleSan Carlo alle Quattro Fontane: Monasteryen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BF-SCM-A3en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemonasteryen_US
dc.contributor.displayFrancesco Borromini (Italian architect, 1599-1667)en_US


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