CAPPELLA ALTIERI: LA BEATA LUDOVICA ALBERTONI

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Title	CAPPELLA ALTIERI: LA BEATA LUDOVICA ALBERTONI
View	General view of the entire chapel, with the sculpture 'Blessed Ludovica Albertoni' below (above the sculpture is the painting titled 'Virgin and Child with St. Anne', painted by Baciccio to complete the decoration of the chapel in 1675)
Notes	religious, commemorative
Work Type	sculpture chapel
Style/Period	Baroque
Creator Name	Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
Creator Nationality	Italian
School of Creator	Baroque
Date.Creator Birth	1598
Date.Creator Death	1680
Major Design Aspects	hidden light source dramatic scene false perspective curvilinear lines
Elements & Spatial Types	cherub
Climate Type	Mediterranean
Country	Italy
City	Rome
State/Province	Lazio
Alternate Place Names	San Francesco a Ripa
Art Medium	marble
Dates	1671-1674
Century	17C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	8/31/1990
Subject Information	One of the last sculptures made by Bernini and it can be considered as exceptional since in this late period his sculptures were executed by his co-workers after his design. Ludovica (died in 1533) was beatified in 1671 and the sculptor was commissioned by Cardinal Albertoni to make a sculpture to commemorate the event. The sculpture of the dying Ludovica is placed above the altar of the chapel where she had been buried in the sixteenth century. The scene is rather theatrical with the lighting coming from a hidden window above the left of her head. The effect of light is multiplied by the decorative carpet dividing the dying from the believers. On her face, the pain of the suffering and the heavenly happiness are simultaneously present resulting in an extraordinary effect. Source: www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1670/ludovica.html
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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