MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logoDome

MIT
View Item 
  • Dome Home
  • Visual Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts
  • View Item
  • Dome Home
  • Visual Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Santa Maria Maggiore: Cappella Sistina

Domenico Fontana (Italian architect, 1543-1607)
Thumbnail
Download1A1-FD-CS-A4_cp.jpg (560.4Kb)
Alternate file
1A1-FD-CS-A4_sv.jpg (1.767Mb)
1A1-FD-CS-A4_tm.jpg (23.10Kb)
Alternative Title
Chapel of the Holy Sacrament
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119944
Date
1581-1590
Description
View of the stairs to crypt with balustrade; Another important early commission (1581) from the Cardinal was a chapel at S Maria Maggiore for relics of the crib of Bethlehem. The Sistine Chapel (or chapel of the Holy Sacrament), in the north transept, was founded in 1585 by Sixtus V and designed by Domenico Fontana. Constructed during the pontificate, the magnificently decorated Sistine Chapel contains the tombs of Sixtus V and Pius V, also designed by Fontana. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/14/2008)
Type of Work
chapel (room or structure)
Subject
death or burial, New Testament, rulers and leaders, Jesus Christ, Baroque
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
Metadata
Show full item record

Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts

Browse

All of DomeCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister
MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logo

Find us on

Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube RSS

MIT Libraries navigation

SearchHours & locationsBorrow & requestResearch supportAbout us
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibility
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.