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Church of San Bernardino: Overall view, facade of San Bernardino with monastery cloister to the left

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The first important public architectural project under the Venetians (doge Francesco Foscari) was the construction (1452-1466) of S Bernardino, still on Gothic lines but with some Renaissance decorative elements. One of Sanmicheli's most sophisticated and admired buildings is the Pellegrini Chapel (ca. 1527), attached to the church of S Bernardino. Approached from a short vestibule, the tall chapel is of circular plan, with a dome concealed externally by a drum in the North Italian manner. The interior was inspired by that of the Pantheon, having a radial plan with large recesses on the main axes and tabernacled niches between them. The upper storey has a balcony, perhaps intended for a choir. Richly embellished with exquisite carving, the execution, as Vasari observed, appears to defy the immense technical difficulty of adapting so complex a design to a curving wall surface and realizing it in stonework. The church is part of a Franciscan monastery.

History

Alt Title

Chiesa di San Bernardino

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

Spatial Coverage

+45.438889+10.981389|Verona|Verona, Veneto, Italy

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Late Gothic', 'Renaissance']

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

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