Baroque Architecture

Pope Sixtus V surrounded by some of his works

• he lived from 1520-90

Il Gesù

• church

• began building in 1568

• Rome, Italy

Carlo Maderno - Saint Susanna

• church

• remodelled from 1597-1603

• Baroque styele

• Rome, Italy.

Francesco Boromini - Chiesa di San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

• church

• commissioned in 1643

• not completed until 1677

• Rome, Italy.

• ceiling and dome created between c. 1638-41

• dome has illusionistic coffering

Francesco Boromini - Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza

• church

• construction began in 1642 but wasn’t completed until the early 1660s.

• Rome, Italy.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Sant'Andrea al Quirinale

• c. 1658

• drawing with pen and wash on white paper.

• church was built between 1662-1666 in the Baroque style.

• The interior altar was created between c. 1658-70

• Stuccoed and gilt dome, sculptures of marble

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Carlo Rainaldi and Francesco Borromini - Piazza Navona

• began in 1644

• Rome, Italy.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Piazza San Pietro, from "Vedute di Roma"

• 1750

• Engraving

Carlo Maderno, Michelangelo Buonarroti - St. Peter's Basilica

• facade is by Carlo Maderno 1607-1615

• dome is by Michaelangelo Buonarroti 1546-1564

• Vatican City

Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Saint Peter's Square and Colonnades at Piazza San Pietro

• 1656-67

• Holy See (Vatican City)

• church, Baroque style