Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi
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Preferred Title:
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Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi
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Alternate Title:
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Palazzo Chigi
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Image View:
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Typical basement window
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Creator:
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680)
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Location:
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site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Date:
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1664-1666 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque
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Work Type 1:
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palazzo
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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brick
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; window
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Description:
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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/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-BG-PC-C3
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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