NDLI: Baroque Oval Churches: Innovative Geometrical Patterns in Early Modern Sacred Architecture

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Duvery, Sylvie
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Italian religious architecture of the late Cinquecento is marked by an innovative interpretation of the canon of the central plan that generates a new type of Baroque church: the elongated central space. By building oval churches covered with oval domes, Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507–1573) introduced a new pattern into the architectural shape grammar. The geometry of the oval figure gracefully combines the theoretical concept of cosmic centrality and the pragmatic necessities of liturgical linearity. However it raises a number of design problems for which architects devised various and inventive solutions. The comparison of various churches dating back to no later than the end of the Seicento, highlights the diversity of all the projects. Although every church is unique in its layout, design, features and decoration, all oval churches propose similar challenges to their designer, the most important of which are the choice of the geometrical pattern, the dome, and the façade.
Starting Page	425
Ending Page	456
Page Count	32
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15905896
Journal	Nexus Network Journal
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15224600
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Basel
Publisher Date	2015-05-20
Publisher Place	Basel
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Oval churches Italian baroque Religious architecture Central space Mathematics History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Popular Science History
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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