| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Rome, Lazio, Italy | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1562-1566 (alteration); 1749-1750 (alteration); 298-306 CE (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Ancient Roman) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Buonarroti, Michelangelo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Vanvitelli, Luigi | en_US |
| dc.date | 298-306 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-26T18:17:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-26T18:17:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 298-306 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 236384 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2552 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144003 | |
| dc.description | Interior, transept crossing with meridian line laid in floor (1700-1703); As part of his urban improvements to this area of Rome, Pope Pius IV took up the campaign of a Sicilian visionary Antonio del Duca (brother of the architect Giacomo del Duca) that a part of the ancient Baths of Diocletian (AD 298-306) should be re-dedicated for Christian use. Michelangelo was called in to convert the tepidarium into the Carthusian church of S Maria degli Angeli (built from 1562). He oriented it northeast/southwest, with the main door and high altar on the short axis and long "transepts" ending in side-entrances. His interventions were minimal. Because the original groin vaulting and the great rose-granite columns that supported it were largely intact, Michelangelo simply walled off the transepts from the rooms beyond, built a long barrel-vaulted choir behind the altar, whitewashed the vault and tiled the roof. The present opulent interior is the result of a major reworking by Luigi Vanvitelli in 1749-1750, which obscures Michelangelo’s intentions. Some of the original spatial and lighting effects of the baths interior can still be appreciated. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/29/2012) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; brick; stucco; marble; rose-granite | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diocletian, Emperor of Rome, 245-313 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pius IV, Pope, 1499-1565 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Restoration and conservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Roman Empire | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural reuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | Imperial (Roman) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baroque | en_US |
| dc.title | Santa Maria degli Angeli | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs | 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 | 1A2-I-R-SMA-A9 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Italian Ancient Roman | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling), carving (processes) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | public bath | en_US |
| vra.worktype | church | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian architect, 1700-1773); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian architect, 1475-1564); unknown (Ancient Roman) | en_US |
