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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Vatican Palace (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1663-1666 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBernini, Gian Lorenzoen_US
dc.creatorAlexander VII, Popeen_US
dc.date1663-1666en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-26T20:25:04Z
dc.date.available2013-04-26T20:25:04Z
dc.date.issued1663-1666en_US
dc.identifier211942en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 53en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119428
dc.descriptionView of the doors leading to the Scala Regia, with Swiss guards; 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.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectAlexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667en_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleScala Regiaen_US
dc.title.alternativeRoyal Staircaseen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BG-PS-E9en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecolonnadeen_US
vra.worktypestairen_US
dc.contributor.displayAlexander VII, Pope (Italian patron, 1599-1667); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680)en_US


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