Church of Sant'Agostino
Item
- Title
- Church of Sant'Agostino
- Creator
- Baccio Pontelli (Italian architect, ca.1450-after 1492)
- Drafter
- J. J. Olivier sculp, ornaments by Huguenet, Jacques Joseph (French engraver, 1815-after 1864)
- City
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Location
- Italy
- Building Creation Date
- 1483 (creation)
- Century
- 15th century
- Description
- main elevation
- elevation of door
- interior perspective of the church with choir
- plan
- details of the door, elevations
- interior perspectives
- plans details
- Techniques
- This church is conducted by the Augustinian Order, and contains the tomb of Saint Monica, Augustine's mother. The original church on the site was built in 1287. It was rebuilt in 1483 by the French Cardinal d'Estouteville: the masons were Jacopo da Pietrasanta and Sebastiano Fiorentino. The church is dedicated to St. Augustine, author of the Confessions. Its severe, unadorned façade is one of the earliest of the Renaissance.
- Classification
- Architectural Documentation
- Documentation Type
- elevations
- plans
- details
- Style/Period
- Renaissance
- Cultural Context
- Italian
- Subject
- architectural exteriors
- architectural interiors
- saints
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Source
- Letarouilly, Paul Marie. Edifices de Rome Moderne. Paris: A. Morel, 1868, 157.
- Access Rights
- Public Domain
- creator
- Pontelli, Baccio
- Item sets
- Architecture Illustrations
Baccio Pontelli (Italian architect, ca.1450-after 1492), “Church of Sant'Agostino”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 5, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/19081