COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Milan Cathedral
Alternate Title:
Duomo di Milano
Image View:
View looking into the south transept
Creator:
Giovannino de Grassi (Italian architect, died 1398); Simone da Orsenigo (Italian master mason, active ca. 1387-1395)
Location:
site: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo
GPS:
+45.464167+9.191389
Date:
1386-1858 (inclusive)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval); Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
cathedral
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; Candoglia marble; brick
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Measurements:
148 ft (height) x 302 ft. (width) x 515 ft (length); 349 ft (height, of spire)
Subjects:
architecture; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Visconti family; Sforza family; interior
Description:
The Gothic cathedral took five centuries to complete and is the fourth-largest church in the world. In 1386, Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo began construction in a rayonnant Late Gothic style more typically French than Italian. There is a long list of master builders who served as head of the Fabbrica del Duomo (created 1387), beginning with Simone da Orsenigo. The Fabbrica employed foreign architects as well, French and German, including Nicolas de Bonaventure (designer of the apse windows) and Heinrich von Gmünd (of the Parler family). July 1391 the Italian architect and painter Giovannino de Grassi was appointed engineer of the Fabbrica and produced a wide range of works including the design of the pier capitals. On May 20, 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte, about to be crowned King of Italy, ordered the façade to be finished; finally within seven years, the facade was finished, following a 17th century Neo-Gothic plan by Carlo Buzzi. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Identifier:
1A2-I-M-D-F3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Milan Cathedral
