Carlo Maderno

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Carlo Maderno was an influential early Baroque architect best known for shaping the façade and extended nave of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

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Maderno 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architect
Italian architect
architect
human
activeIn Rome
burialPlace San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome
citizenship Papal States
countryOfBirth Switzerland
countryOfDeath Papal States
dateOfBirth 1556
dateOfDeath 1629
employer Papacy
era 17th century
late 16th century
familyName Carlo Maderno self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maderno
genre church architecture
palace architecture
givenName Carlo
influenced Francesco Borromini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
influencedBy Giacomo della Porta
Michelangelo
knownFor design of monumental church façades
transition from Renaissance to Baroque architecture in Rome
language Italian
movement Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Baroque
surface form: Early Baroque
nationality Italian
notableWork Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Santa Susanna, Rome
Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome
extension of the nave of St. Peter’s Basilica
facade of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: façade of St. Peter’s Basilica
occupation architect
placeOfBirth Capolago
placeOfDeath Rome
positionHeld chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica
relative Domenico Fontana
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Rome
style dynamic Baroque façade composition
longitudinal basilica plan
workedOn remodeling of St. Peter’s Basilica into a Latin cross plan

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Maderno Fountain architect Carlo Maderno
Palazzo Barberini, Rome architect Carlo Maderno
subject surface form: Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Chigi architect Carlo Maderno
Quirinal Palace architect Carlo Maderno
Santa Susanna, Rome architect Carlo Maderno
St. Peter's Basilica architect Carlo Maderno
Maderno Fountain designer Carlo Maderno
Francesco Borromini employer Carlo Maderno
Carlo Maderno familyName Carlo Maderno self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maderno
Santa Susanna, Rome façadeDesigner Carlo Maderno
Domenico Fontana influenced Carlo Maderno
Francesco Borromini influencedBy Carlo Maderno
Maderno Fountain namedAfter Carlo Maderno
Domenico Fontana relative Carlo Maderno
Francesco Borromini studentOf Carlo Maderno