maderno designed the facade of st peter's in rome.
maderno designed the facade of st peter's in rome.
who designed the facade of st peter's in rome?
maderno
bernini's artistic pre-eminence, particularly during the reign of pope urban viii (1623–44) and again under pope alexander vii (1655–65), meant he was able to secure the most important commissions in the rome of his day, namely, the various massive embellishment projects of the newly finished st. peter's basilica, completed under pope paul v with the addition of maderno's nave and facade and finally re-consecrated by pope urban viii on 18 november 1626, after 150 years of planning and building. within the basilica he was responsible for the baldacchino, the decoration of the four piers under the cupola, the cathedra petri or chair of st. peter in the apse, the tomb monument of matilda of tuscany, the chapel of the blessed sacrament in the right nave, and the decoration (floor, walls and arches) of the new nave. the st peter's baldacchino immediately became the visual centerpiece of the new st. peter's. designed as a massive spiraling gilded bronze canopy over the tomb of st peter, bernini's four-pillared creation reached nearly from the ground and cost around 200,000 roman scudi (about $8m in currency of the early 21st century). "quite simply", writes one art historian, "nothing like it had ever been seen before". soon after the st peter's baldacchino, bernini undertook the whole-scale embellishment of the four massive piers at crossing of the basilica (i.e., the structures supporting the cupola) including, most notably, four colossal, theatrically dramatic statues, among them, the majestic st. longinus executed by bernini himself (the other three are by other contemporary sculptors françois duquesnoy, francesco mochi, and bernini's disciple, andrea bolgi).
gian lorenzo bernini
bullet::::- st peter's church, tabley,









































bullet::::- st peter's church, waverton









































section::::united kingdom.:england.:cumbria.









































bullet::::- st peter's church, camerton









































bullet::::- st peter's church, field broughton









































bullet::::- st peter's church, finsthwaite









































bullet::::- st peter's church, heversham









































bullet::::- st peter's church, kirkbampton









































bullet::::- st peter's church, mansergh









































bullet::::- st peter's church, martindale









































section::::united kingdom.:england.:derbyshire.









































bullet::::- st peter's church, belper









































bullet::::- st peter's church, derby









































bullet::::- st peter's church, edensor









































bullet::::- st peter's church, hope









































bullet::::- st peter's church, netherseal









































bullet::::- st peter's church, parwich,









































bullet::::- st peter's church, snelston









































bullet::::- st peter's church, stonebroom









































section::::united kingdom.:england.:devon.









































bullet::::- st peter's church, barnstaple
st. peter's church