IL GESU 2: CAPPELLA DI SANT’IGNAZIO

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Title	IL GESU 2: CAPPELLA DI SANT’IGNAZIO
View	View of the niche in which a sculptural image of Ignatius Loyola stands in richly ornamented drapery (below is the altar with gilded bas-reliefs set into green marble under which is set the sarcophagus of Ignatius Loyola)
Notes	religious
Work Type	chapel
Style/Period	Baroque: High Baroque
Creator Name	Pozzo, Andrea
Creator Nationality	Italian
Date.Creator Birth	1642
Date.Creator Death	1709
Major Design Aspects	covered with relief influential design stacked elements elaborate detail
Elements & Spatial Types	pediment: split pediment, aedicula
Climate Type	Mediterranean
Country	Italy
City	Rome
State/Province	Lazio
Alternate Place Names	Il Gesu
Architectural Material	marble
Art Medium	marble, lapis lazuli, bronze
Dates	1695
Century	17C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision Inc.
Subject Information	Pozzo's design for the Altar for the Tomb of S. Ignatius Loyola (one of twelve that he submitted) won the competition in 1695 to create an altar for the tomb of S. Ignatius Loyola in the left transept of the church of Il Gesu, a very prestigious commission. Pozzo became the artistic director while the Jesuit brother, Carlo Mauro Bonacina, supervised the considerable number of sculptors and craftsmen who worked on the project. A convex wall altar composed of an aedicula with composite columns and broken pediment is made sumptuous through rich sculptural ornamentation and the use of precious materials of marble, metals and lapis lazuli. Control of the subordinate details to the clear design remained decisive producing a chapel of great worth and beauty thereby reflecting the importance of S. Ignatius Loyola. The sumptuousness of the altar was meant to elicit awe and admiration to the worshiper as well as to honour the Jesuits' founding member, Ignatius Loyola. Research by Marlene Philion-Jacques (BA, in Art History), for Archivision
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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