| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Vatican Palace (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1663-1666 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bernini, Gian Lorenzo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Alexander VII, Pope | en_US |
| dc.date | 1663-1666 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-26T20:24:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T20:24:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1663-1666 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 211940 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 53 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119426 | |
| dc.description | Close side view of the entry to the Scala Regia from the piazza, close view of figures and balustrade on cornice; The Scala Regia was conceived as an extension of the northern corridor of the piazza retta at the level of the portico of the basilica. Confined both by the ancient site of the entrance to the Vatican Palace and by the encroachment of the existing buildings, Bernini once again solved by optical and scenographic means problems that could not be solved spatially. By placing the columns on the upper flight closer to the wall and reducing their height, the effect of ordinary perspective foreshortening is created, concealing the fact that the space available for the stairs was in reality wedge-shaped. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 11/4/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
| dc.subject | Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baroque | en_US |
| dc.title | Scala Regia | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Royal Staircase | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-BG-PS-E7 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Italian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | colonnade | en_US |
| vra.worktype | stair | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Alexander VII, Pope (Italian patron, 1599-1667); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680) | en_US |
