The Cappella Colleoni (Colleoni Chapel) is a church/mausoleum in Bergamo, northern Italy. Bergamo ( Bèrghem in Lombard, antiquated Wälsch-Bergen in German) is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
Dedicated to the saints Bartholomew, Mark and John the Baptist, it was built in 1472-1476 as the personal shrine for the famous condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni, a member of one of the most outstanding families of the city, and his beloved daughter Medea. Saint Bartholomew was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus. Bartholomew (Βαρθολομαίος transliterated "Bartholomaios" comes from "Saint Mark" redirects here For other uses see Saint Mark (disambiguation. Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle Bartolomeo Colleoni (c 1395/1400 &ndash November 2, 1475) was an Italian Condottiero. The site chosen was that of the sacristy of the nearby church of Santa Maria Maggiore, which was demolished by Colleoni's soldiers. The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in Bergamo, northern Italy.
The design was entrusted to Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, whose plan respected the style of the church, as can been seen from the octagonal tambour of the dome and in the lantern cusp, as well as in the use of polychrome marbles. Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (c 1447 &ndash August 27 or 28 1522 was an Italian early Renaissance sculptor. In Classical architecture, a tambour ( Fr: " Drum " is the Inverted bell of the Corinthian capital around which
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The façade is characterized by the use of tarsia and polychrome marble decorations in white, red and black lozenges. Tarsia (Tarsos is a town and Comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Applications Modal logic In Modal logic, the lozenge expresses the possibility of the following expression Over the main portal is a rose window, flanked by two medallions portraying Julius Caesar and Trajan. A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular Window, but is especially used for those found in churches Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan ( September 18 53 &ndash August 9 117) was a Roman Emperor who
The upper part of the basement has nine plaques with reliefs of Biblical stories, and four bas-reliefs with Hercules's deeds. The four pilasters of the windows flanking the portal are surmounted by statues of the Virtues. The upper part of the façade has a loggia in Romanesque style. Loggia is the name given to an Architectural feature originally of Italian design which is often a gallery or Corridor generally on the ground Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which
The interior includes a square hall and a smaller room housing the high altar. The tomb of Bartolomeo Colleoni (who died on November 2, 1475) is on the wall facing the entrance. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 It is decorated with reliefs of Episodes from the Life of Christ, statues, heads of lions and an equestrian statue of the condottiere in gilded wood, finished by German masters from Nuremberg in 1501. The whole complex is surrounded by a triumphal arch.
Amadeo himself executed the funerary monument of Medea Colleoni (died March 6, 1470). Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Located on the left wall, it has a statue of the Deposition from the Cross in high relief. The tomb was transferred here in 1892 from Urgnano. Urgnano is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of
The presbytery has a high altar sculpted by Bartolomeo Manni in 1676, housing statues of the three saints to whom the chapel is dedicated, John, Mark and Bartholomew, by Pietro Lombardo. Pietro Lombardo (1435-1515 was an Italian Renaissance Sculptor and Architect; born in Carona ( Ticino) he was the father The upswept cornice is supported by Solomonic columns. The Solomonic column, also called Barley-sugar column, is a helical Column, characterized by a spiraling twisting shaft like a corkscrew The altar table, to a design by Leopoldo Pollack, is supported by angels carved by Grazioso Rusca.
Notable are the frescoes of the dome, depicting Episodes of the Lives of St. Pietro Lombardo (1435-1515 was an Italian Renaissance Sculptor and Architect; born in Carona ( Ticino) he was the father Mark, John the Baptist and Bartholomew, executed by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1732-1733. See also Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (or Giandomenico Tiepolo) or Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, both sons of Giovanni Battista Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
Bartolomeo Colleoni's remains
For centuries it was believed the the condottiere's remains had been buried elsewhere, as the sarcophagus appeared empty. On November 21, 1969, however, they were discovered in Colleoni's tomb in a wooden coffin, hidden under a plaster cover. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
External links
- Complete description (Italian)
- Tiepolo's frescoes (Italian)
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