Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan

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Santa Maria presso San Satiro in Milan is a Renaissance church famed for Donato Bramante’s pioneering use of illusionistic perspective in its seemingly deep but actually shallow apse.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance church
Roman Catholic church
church
architect Donato Bramante
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Renaissance architecture
associatedWith Donato Bramante
completionDate circa 1482
constructionStart circa 1476
country Italy
dedicatedTo Saint Satyrus
Virgin Mary
denomination Roman Catholic
diocese Archdiocese of Milan
hasAlternativeName Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan
Santa Maria presso di San Satiro
hasArchitecturalFeature Greek-cross plan elements
barrel vaults
centralized plan around the dome
polychrome terracotta reliefs
stucco decoration
hasArtWork altarpieces in side chapels
hasFunction place of worship
tourist site
hasPart bell tower
central dome
false apse
nave
oratory of San Satiro
side chapels
heritageDesignation cultural heritage of Italy
influenced later church architecture in Milan
influencedBy Brunelleschian architecture
locatedIn Lombardy
Milan
historic centre of Milan
locatedOn Via Torino
notableFor illusionistic perspective in the apse
trompe-l'oeil choir
notableWorkBy Donato Bramante
openToPublic true
patron Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza
period Italian Renaissance
rite Latin Rite
startDate late 15th century
touristAttraction true

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Santa Maria presso San Satiro
hasAlternativeName
Donato Bramante
notableWork

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