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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Milan, Lombardy, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1386-1858 (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorGrassi, Giovannino deen_US
dc.creatorSimone da Orsenigoen_US
dc.date1386-1858en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-09T20:05:47Z
dc.date.available2013-01-09T20:05:47Z
dc.date.issued1386-1858en_US
dc.identifier182085en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2057en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/88703
dc.descriptionSouth transept, south elevation; The Gothic cathedral took five centuries to complete and is the fourth-largest church in the world. In 1386, Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo began construction in a rayonnant Late Gothic style more typically French than Italian. There is a long list of master builders who served as head of the Fabbrica del Duomo (created 1387), beginning with Simone da Orsenigo. The Fabbrica employed foreign architects as well, French and German, including Nicolas de Bonaventure (designer of the apse windows) and Heinrich von Gmünd (of the Parler family). July 1391 the Italian architect and painter Giovannino de Grassi was appointed engineer of the Fabbrica and produced a wide range of works including the design of the pier capitals. On May 20, 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte, about to be crowned King of Italy, ordered the façade to be finished; finally within seven years, the facade was finished, following a 17th century Neo-Gothic plan by Carlo Buzzi. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/5/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; Candoglia marble; bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectNapoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821en_US
dc.subjectVisconti familyen_US
dc.subjectSforza familyen_US
dc.subjectGothic (Medieval)en_US
dc.subjectLate Gothicen_US
dc.titleMilan Cathedralen_US
dc.title.alternativeDuomo di Milanoen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-M-D-C3en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecathedralen_US
dc.contributor.displayGiovannino de Grassi (Italian architect, died 1398); Simone da Orsenigo (Italian master mason, active ca. 1387-1395)en_US


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