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• He was the son of a stonemason and began his career as a stonemason himself. He soon went to Milan to study and practice his craft. He moved to Rome in 1619 and started working for Carlo Maderno,
• Borromini's real name was Francesco Castelli. Once he had become established in Rome, he changed his name from Castelli to Borromini,
• he worked with Gian Lorenzo Bernini on the design of the famous baldachin in St. Peter Basilica , the two later became bitter rivals.
• Francesco Borromini was the master of curved-wall architecture.
• He was influenced by the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of Antiquity. His architecture employs manipulations of Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales with symbolic meanings behind his buildings.
• Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales in his plans and symbolic meanings in his buildings.
• Quick in temper which resulted in him withdrawing from certain jobs, and his death was by suicide possibly as a result of nervous disorders and depression,
INTRODUCTION
San Giovanni in Laterano
Sant'Agnesein Agone
Palazzo Barberini
Sant'Andrea delle Fratte
Palazzo Falconieri
Palazzo Spada
Collegio di Propaganda Fide
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
The Oratory and Palazzo dei Filippini
•Borromini's first independent commission •This tiny church, along with its courtyard, is one of the most important monuments of the baroque style in Rome.
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
AXISAXIS SYMMETRY
HIERARCHY
AXIS SYMMETRYREPETITION
2/3rd of the square
The dome of which appears to float because its spring points ( arch) and light sources are concealed below.
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, 1660,• Commissioned in 1632•Its courtyard, near University of Rome La Sapienza palace.• Initially the church of the Roman Archiginnasio•It was built at the end of Giacomo Della Porta’s long courtyard
AXISSYMMETRYREPETITIONCOURTYARD
GEOMETRY
SECTION
Interior of the dome
Sant'Agnese in Agone•Construction began in 1652 under the architects Girolamo and his son Carlo. After numerous quarrels, the other main architect involved was Boromini.
INWARD CURVE
Interior dome of Sant'Agnese in Agone
•Borromini began working at the Palazzo Spada in Rome in 1632.
•‘forced perspective’
• The corridor is shorter and the sculpture at its end much smaller than they first
appear.
•The corridor looks to be around 35m long,
when in fact it is less than 9m from front to back.
Palazzo Spada
Collegio di Propaganda FideBorromini designed the facade and the Chapel of the Three Kings
Palazzo Barberini
Borromini's contribution may be seen in design of the upper windows and the oval staircase in the right wing.
Sant'Andrea delle Fratte
•It was national church for Scotish people in Rome•Borromini designed the tower
Palazzo FalconieriBorromini redesigned the facade of the palazzo.
San Giovanni in LateranoBorromini redesigned the interior of Rome's cathedral.
An oblique view back towards the rear of the nave, showing some of Borromini’s niches.These niches were left empty for decades until Pope Clement XI sponsored a competition in 1703 to select designs for larger than life statues of the Apostles.
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