COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi
Alternate Title:
Palazzo Chigi
Image View:
View along the elevation looking east
Creator:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680)
Location:
site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Date:
1664-1666 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
palazzo
Classification:
architecture
Material:
brick
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders
Description:
Bernini designed only three major secular schemes. One was Palazzo Chigi (begun 1664; now the Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi). Bernini elaborated the theme of a giant pilaster order over a strong and simple basement with greater success at the smaller Palazzo Chigi. This time he used pilasters between all the window bays of the main block; the slightly recessed subsidiary blocks are astylar. The once centrally placed entrance portico has two free-standing Tuscan columns. The particularly sensitive relationship of the parts was, however, destroyed in 1745 when Nicola Salvi extended the facade to twice its original length. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-BG-PC-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi
