Sant Andrea al Quirinale
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 | Sant'Andrea al Quirinale |
| Designer | Bernini |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Date | 1658 to 1665 |
| Building Type | church |
| Climate | mediterranean |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Baroque |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | elliptical plan, coffered dome |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Sant_Andrea_al_Quirinale.html |
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This small Baroque church is one of Bernini's great works. An oval convex entry porch extends into a small forecourt, formed by two concave walls. The plan is a transverse oval with the entrance on the short axis opposite the presbytery. A thick edge with recesses, alternately rectangular or ovate, houses portals and chapels and supports the oval dome with clerestory windows and a central glazed lantern cupola. The quality of light is evanescent, as it illuminates the white and gold stucco work of the dome and the rich colors of inlaid marbles of the walls and floor.
— JY, GreatBuildings.com
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Robert Adam. Classical Architecture. London: Penguin Books, 1990. ISBN 0-670-82613-8. NA260.A26 1990. plan oblique drawing, fig a, p31. Derek Brentnall.
Werner Blaser and Monica Stucky. Drawings of Great Buildings. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, 1983. ISBN 3-7643-1522-9. LC 83-15831. NA2706.U6D72 1983. plan and section drawings, p125. — Available at Amazon.com
Franco Borsi. Bernini. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. ISBN 0-8478-0509-3. LC 83-42931. NA1123.B5B6713. axonometric section drawing, f137, p106. elevation drawing, f135, p105.
Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 18th ed., revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. ISBN 684-14207-4. NA200.F63. Discussion, p846. Exterior photo, p847.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Christian Norberg-Schulz. Baroque Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1986. ISBN 08478-0693-6. LC 85-30011. NA590.N6. plan diagram drawing, f85, p74. plan drawing, f86, p74.
John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 1975. interior photo, p175.Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com
Duane Siegrist, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, July 1993. PCD.3236.1011.0837.039. PCD.3236.1011.0837.032.
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