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San Francesco A Ripa, Rome
San Francesco a Ripa is a church in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Francis of Assisi who once stayed at the adjacent convent. The term ''Ripa'' refers to the nearby riverbank of the Tiber. History The origins of this church are related to a Franciscan convent in the Trastevere quarter of Rome, which in 1231 annexed a church dedicated to Saint Blaise (San Biagio). This church was decorated with the ''St Francis'' cycle by Pietro Cavallini, now lost. This cycle probably served as the prototype for the famous ''Legend of St. Francis'' frescoes ascribed to Giotto di Bondone in the Upper Basilica of St Francis in Assisi. The construction of the present church was begun in 1603 by Onorio Longhi, starting with the apse. The facade was finished in 1681-1701 with designs by Mattia de Rossi. From 1873 to 1943 the church was used as barracks by the Bersaglieri. Interior In the first chapel of the right, there are frescoes by Fra Emanuele da Como and monument to Cardinal Michelang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Tommaso Chiaro
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Paschal Baylon
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Ludovico Rusconi
Ludovico () is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico. The feminine equivalent is Ludovica. Persons with the name Ludovico Given name * Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961), Italian socialist politician * Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), Italian poet * Ludovico Avio (1932–1996), Argentine football forward * Ludovico Baille (1764–1839), Italian historian * Ludovico Balbi (1540–1604), Italian composer * Ludovico Barassi (1873–1953), Italian jurist * Ludovico Barbo (1381–1443), Italian monastic life reformer * Ludovico Bertonio (1552–1625), Italian Jesuit missionary * Ludovico Bidoglio (1900–1970), Argentinian footballer * Ludovico Brea (c. 1450–c. 1523), Italian painter * Ludovico di Breme (1780–1820), Italian writer * Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini (1636–1707), Italian architect and stage designer * Ludovico Buti (c. 1560–after 1611), Italian painter * Ludovico Camangi (1903–1976), Italian politician * Lodovico Campalastro, Italian pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Michetti
Nicola Michetti, also known as Niccolo or Niccolò (circa 7 December 1675 in Venice – 12 November 1758 in Rome) was an Italian architect, active in a late-Baroque style in mostly Rome, Italy and St Petersburg, Russia. While born in Venice, Nicola worked for years in Rome under Carlo Fontana, including as a foreman (Capomaestro) in the reconstruction of the Basilica of Santi Apostoli. Nicola independently submitted a proposal for the Trevi Fountain (1704), however, the winning commission went to Salvi. Nicola performed smaller architectural projects in Rome, including the altar and the architecture of the ''Sacripante chapel'' (1712) in Sant'Ignazio. In 1715, he submitted a losing design against competitors like Juvarra, Canevari and others to be able to design a new sacristy of St. Peter's Basilica. That same year, he designed and help build a chapel of the church of Santa Maria in Transpontina and for the ''Rospigliosi chapel'' in the church of San Francesco a Ripa (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Maria Legnani
Stefano Maria Legnani also known as "Legnanino" (Milan, 6 April 1661 – Milan, 4 May 1713) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Milan.Casellato , ''LEGNANI, Stefano Maria, detto il Legnanino'' in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 64 (2005) He is considered one of the most innovative exponents of the Milanese school of painting of around the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries.''Il Legnanino, genio della pittura barocca'' 8 December 2013 at the Museo del Territorio Vimercatese ...
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Domenico Maria Muratori
Domenico Maria Muratori (1662–1744) was an Italian painter of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, specializing in altarpieces. Muratori was born in Vendrana in the Budrio commune. He was a Bolognese School (painting), Bolognese painter who studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli. His wife Teresa Scannabecchi was also a painter. They met in the studio of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, where she was also a student. Muratori specialized in religious-themed works. He produced frescoes for the second chapel of San Francesco a Ripa. He died in Rome in 1744. References * ''Storia pittorica dell'Italia dal risorgimento delle belle arti fin presso al fine del XVIII secolo'' (1822), p. 149. 1662 births 1744 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Guidi
Domenico Guidi (1625 – 28 March 1701) was a prominent Italian Baroque sculptor. Born in Carrara, Guidi followed his uncle, Giuliano Finelli, a prominent sculptor noted for his feud with Bernini, to Naples. When he fled Naples in 1647 during Masaniello's revolt, in Rome he joined the studio of Bernini's main competitor Alessandro Algardi with whom he remained until his master's death. While in Algardi's studio, he worked on projects with another pupil, Ercole Ferrata. For example, both helped complete their master's unfinished ''Vision of Saint Nicholas'' (completed 1655) at the church of '' San Nicola da Tolentino''. Guidi gained independence with Algardi's passing in 1654. He also worked closely with the French sculptor in Rome, Pierre-Etienne Monnot. Relative to sculptors of other major studios, he was prolific. His works include the ''Monument to Natale Rondinini'' in Santa Maria del Popolo (1657) and the relief over the altar of ''Capella di Monte di Pieta'' showi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Michelangelo Ricci
Michelangelo Ricci (1619–1682) was an Italian mathematician and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Michelangelo Ricci was born on 30 January 1619 in Rome, then capital of the Papal States, to a family of low social standing that originated in Bergamo. He studied theology and law in Rome, where he was a contemporary of René-François de Sluse. He also studied mathematics under Benedetto Castelli who himself had been a student of Galileo Galilei. He was a friend of Evangelista Torricelli, kept close links with contemporary scientific culture, and played an important role in the development of the Galilean school. Like de Sluze, he spent his entire career in the Roman Catholic Church and served the pope in various roles on several occasions. A trained theologian, he acted as consultant to various Congregations of the Roman Curia. Having suffered from epilepsy since his birth, he was (according to canon law of the time) disqualified from ordination. Nonethel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fra Emanuele Da Como
Fra Emanuele da Como (1625–1701), was a Franciscan friar, and studied art under the direction of Agostino Scilla at Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in .... He distinguished himself by his pure and simple style, which is the more creditable as he flourished at a time when taste for art was in a most deplorable state. In 1672, he executed several frescoes in the Aula Maxima and the cloister of St. Isidore's Franciscan College, Rome, which is part of the Irish Franciscan Province of the Order of Friars Minor. Fra Emanuele da Como. References * * Bellarmino Bagatti, Fra Emanuele da Como, pittore francescano, (1625-1701), in: Miscellanea francescana (1934), 19pp. 1625 births 1701 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Francisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francesco A Ripa
San Francesco a Ripa is a church in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Francis of Assisi who once stayed at the adjacent convent. The term ''Ripa'' refers to the nearby riverbank of the Tiber. History The origins of this church are related to a Franciscan convent in the Trastevere quarter of Rome, which in 1231 annexed a church dedicated to Saint Blaise (San Biagio). This church was decorated with the ''St Francis'' cycle by Pietro Cavallini, now lost. This cycle probably served as the prototype for the famous ''Legend of St. Francis'' frescoes ascribed to Giotto di Bondone in the Upper Basilica of St Francis in Assisi. The construction of the present church was begun in 1603 by Onorio Longhi, starting with the apse. The facade was finished in 1681-1701 with designs by Mattia de Rossi. From 1873 to 1943 the church was used as barracks by the Bersaglieri. Interior In the first chapel of the right, there are frescoes by Fra Emanuele da Como and monument to Cardinal Michelangel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
