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Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute: Interior view, chapel with High Altar to the right

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The interior is octagonal with eight radiating chapels on the outer row. The Baroque high altar arrangement, designed by Longhena himself, shelters a Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Child of the 12th or 13th century. The statuary group at the high altar, depicting the Queen of Heaven expelling the Plague (1670) was a theatrical Baroque masterpiece by the Flemish sculptor Josse de Corte.\u000a\u000aIn 1630 Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute). The resulting domed church of S Maria della Salute, built at the junction of the Giudecca and Grand canals at the focal point of the city of Venice, occupied Longhena for more than 50 years and was consecrated after his death on 9 November 1687. Its governing concept--an octagonal space surrounded by an ambulatory--appeared in Italy in Early Christian and Byzantine architecture. Its sculptural exterior characterized by massive scrolls buttressing the dome, Longhena's Salute incorporates subtle scenographic effects and is one of the most important buildings of the early Italian Baroque.

History

Alt Title

Basilica of Saint Mary of Health

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

Spatial Coverage

Venice, Veneto, Italy: Campo della Salute, Dorsoduro|Venice|45.430833+12.334444

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Palladian', 'Baroque', 'Seventeenth century']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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