Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Sant'Andrea
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Accession Number:
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132202
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Order Title:
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Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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View of upper barrel vault (an arched canopy known as the ombrellone)
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Date of View:
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5/1/1996
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Image description:
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Above the pediment is the fa¿ade¿s most puzzling feature, that of an arched canopy known as the ombrellone. Although its precise purpose remains unclear, it certainly serves to reduce the amount of direct light entering the nave. This darkness accords with Alberti¿s expressed preference in De re aedificatoria (VII.xii) that churches should be dimly lit in order to concentrate the mind on the holy.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Culture:
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Italian
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; churches
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Preferred Title:
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Sant'Andrea
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Agent Display:
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Filippo Juvara (Italian architect, 1678-1736); Leon Battista Alberti (Italian architect, 1404-1472); Lodovico Gonzaga (Italian patron, 1412-1478); Luca Fancelli (Italian architect, 1430-1495)
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Date:
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1733 (alteration)
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Materials:
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brick; stucco
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Alternate Title:
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Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova
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Locations:
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Mantua, Lombardy, Italy
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Renaissance
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Classification:
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Architecture
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