Santa Maria della Pace
Item
- Title
- Santa Maria della Pace
- Creator
- Alexander VII, Pope (Italian patron, 1599-1667)
- Pietro da Cortona (Italian painter, architect, 1596-1669)
- Drafter
- Hibon, Auguste (French engraver and etcher, 1780-1857)
- Olivier, Friedrich (German painter and draftsman, 1791-1859)
- City
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Address
- 5 Vicolo del Arco della Pace
- Location
- Italy
- Building Creation Date
- 1656-1659 (creation)
- Century
- 17th century
- Description
- section
- plan, sections
- plans
- Cortona had more opportunity to work as an architect under Pope Alexander VII, and in his façade (1656-1659) for the 15th-century church of S Maria della Pace, Rome, and the replanning of its piazza, he realized one of the most impressive works of the Roman Baroque. This project ingeniously incorporates ideas analogous to his theatre-like designs. The patron, Alexander VII, had the piazza in front of the church enlarged to a regular trapezoidal area to permit him to arrive in his carriage in front of the church, which contained his redesigned family chapel, the Chigi Chapel.
- Techniques
- line drawings (drawings)
- Classification
- Architectural Documentation
- Documentation Type
- sections
- plans
- Style/Period
- Baroque
- Cultural Context
- Italian
- Subject
- architectural exteriors
- architectural interiors
- Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667
- forecourt
- Source
- Letarouilly, Paul Marie. Edifices de Rome Moderne. Paris: A. Morel, 1868, 63.
- Access Rights
- Public Domain
- creator
- Cortona, Pietro da
- Item sets
- Architecture Illustrations
Alexander VII, Pope (Italian patron, 1599-1667) and Pietro da Cortona (Italian painter, architect, 1596-1669), “Santa Maria della Pace”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 5, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/19199