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Encyclopedia > Giacomo della Porta

Giacomo della Porta (c. 1533, Porlezza, Lombardy - 1602, Rome) was an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked for many important buildings in Rome, including the San Peter's Basilica. Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. ... This page is about the year. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...


Life

Della Porta was influenced by and collaborated with Michelangelo, and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, his teacher of architecture. After 1563 he carried out Micheangelo's plans for the rebuilding of the capital's open spaces: in the Capitol Hill, della Porta intervened on the façade of Palazzo Senatorio, the steps of Palazzo Senatorio and the Cordonata. After the death of Vignola in 1573, he continued the construction of Il Gesu, and in 1584 modified its façade after his own designs. From 1573 he was leader for the ongoing reconstruction of St. Peter's Basilica, and later, in collaboration with Domenico Fontana, completed the cupola in 1588-1590. Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ... The five orders, engraving from Vignolas Regole delle cinque ordini darchitettura set the standards Giacomo (or Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola (Vignola, near Modena, October 1, 1507 - July 7, 1573) was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism, also known as Vignola. ... Events February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ... Capitol Hill is the name of a district in the following cities: Capitol Hill, Denver, Colorado Capitol Hill, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington Capitol Hill, Washington, DC It is also a common nickname for the United States Congress and the politicians who serve it (e. ... Cordonata in Rome The Cordonata is a monumental stair to reach the high piazza of the hill Capitoline, the heart oft pagan Rome. ... The Church of the Gesù. The Church of the Gesù is home to the famous painting of Madonna Della Strada, venerated by millions of Roman Catholics. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ... Domenico Fontana (1543 – 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance. ...


Giacomo della Porta completed much of Rome's fountains from 16th century. These include the fountains in Piazza del Popolo, the Fontana di Nettuno and Fontana del Moro in Piazza Navona. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Fountain of the four Rivers with Egyptian obelisk, in the middle of Piazza Navona Piazza Navona is a square in Rome, Italy. ... Fountain of the four Rivers with Egyptian obelisk, in the middle of Piazza Navona Piazza Navona is a square in Rome, Italy. ...


Selected works

  • Oratorio del SS. Crocifisso (1562-1568)
  • Chiesa del Gesù (1571-1575)
  • Fountains at the Palazzo Borghese (1573)
  • Fountains in Piazza Colonna (1574)
  • Small fountains at Piazza Navona (1574)
  • One fountain at the Piazza della Rotonda
  • Palazzo Senatorio at the Capitol Hill (1573-1602)
  • Palazzo della Sapienza (1578-1602)
  • Palazzo Capizucchi (1580)
  • Santa Maria dei Monti (1580)
  • Sant'Atanasio dei Greci (1581)
  • Façade of San Luigi dei Francesi (1589)
  • Fontana delle Tartarughe (1584)
  • Santa Maria Scala Coeli
  • Palazzo Marescotti (1585)
  • Palazzo Serlupi (1585)
  • SS. Trinità de' Monti (1586)
  • Fontana di Piazza alli Monti (1589)
  • Cupola of St. Peter's Basilica(1588-90)
  • Fountains at the Piazza di Santa Maria in Campitelli (1589)
  • Fountains opposite SS. Venanzio e Ansovino (1589)
  • Fontana della Terrina (1590)
  • Palazzo Fani (1598)
  • San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (1599)
  • San Nicolò in Carcere (1599)
  • Palazzo Albertoni Spinola (1600)
  • Villa Aldobrandini (1600-02) in Frascati
  • Cappella Aldobrandini (1600-02) in Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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Giacomo della Porta Summary (1254 words)
During the 1580s, della Porta built a number of churches in Rome, since this was a period of active church building, when the reforms instituted by the Council of Trent were being vigorously prosecuted.
In 1602 della Porta was coming back from Frascati in a coach with his patron, Cardinal Aldobrandini, when he was taken ill at the gate of Rome and died on the spot.
Della Porta's work lacks the personal and inventive genius of Michelangelo's and is less correct and studied than Vignola's, yet it constitutes an aspect of late-16th-century Roman architecture which remains to this day typical of the city and of the epoch.
Giacomo della Porta at AllExperts (286 words)
Della Porta was influenced by and collaborated with Michelangelo, and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, his teacher of architecture.
After 1563 he carried out Michelangelo's plans for the rebuilding of the capital's open spaces: in the Capitol Hill, della Porta intervened on the façade and steps of Palazzo Senatorio, and the Cordonata capitolina.
Giacomo della Porta completed much of Rome's fountains from 16th century.
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