Detail View: Archivision Digital Research Library: Interior, enclosing wall of the choir, and the organ loft above
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Title:
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Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
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Title:
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Interior, enclosing wall of the choir, and the organ loft above
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Alternate Title:
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I Frari
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View:
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Interior, enclosing wall of the choir, and the organ loft above
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Creators:
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attributed to Nicola Pisano (Italian architect, active 1258-1278)
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Date:
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ca. 1250-1420 (creation)
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Style/Period:
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Gothic (Medieval)
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Location:
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site: Venice, Veneto, Italy
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Location Note:
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San Polo sestieri, Campo dei Frari
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GPS:
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+45.436667+12.326111
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Culture:
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Italian
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Materials:
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brick; stone; marble
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Work Types:
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buildings; religious buildings; churches
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Description:
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The visually coherent Franciscan church belies a complex history of construction that spanned nearly 200 years. Despite three distinct building phases, the church and its two attached cloisters preserve the simplicity that is attributed to a design of Nicola Pisano (by Vasari). Jacopo Celega (died 1386) was the architect of the campanile (1396), one of the tallest in Venice. He, and later his son Pietro Paolo, may have supervised the entire second building campaign (1361-1396). In the early 15th century, the friars engaged builders to complete the new church, in particular the last three bays towards the present entrance façade. One of the greatest architectural glories of the church is the octagonal apse with multilevel, bifurcated glass, and the carved, Istrian stone altar (choir) screen (by the workshop of Pietro Lombardo, 1475), a rare inclusion in an Italian church. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Classification:
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Architecture and City Planning
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Image Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Vendor ID:
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1A2-I-VE-SMGF-B23
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MDID Identifier:
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94722
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Archivision Set:
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Archivision Addition Module Twelve
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