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San Petronio
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The Basilica of San Petronio is the main church of Bologna, the old art city in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. It dominates the Piazza Maggiore. It is the fifth greatest church in the world, stretching for 132 meters in length and 60 in width, while the vault reaches 45 meters.
It is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was bishop here in the fifth century. Following a council decree of 1388, the first stone of construction was laid June 7, 1390, when the town council entrusted Antonio di Vincenzo with raising a Gothic cathedral.
Works lasted for several centuries: after the completion of the first version of the facade, in 1393 the first pair of side chapels were begun. The series were completed only in 1479, however. In 1514 Arduino degli Arriguzzi proposed a revised plan in the form of a Latin cross with the intent to outdo even Saint Peter's Basilica of Rome, the greatest church of the Western Christian world (even in its ancient version). By tradition Pope Pius IV halted such a majestic project.
In spite of this setback the basilica continued to enjoy the great prestige it engendered from the very beginning: pope Clement VII chose it for the coronation of Charles V in 1530. Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola was chief architect of the fabbrica; his is the design of the ciborium over the altar. The vaulting and decoration of the central nave is by Girolamo Rainaldi, who completed it in 1646-1658.
The facing of the main facade, however, remains unfinished: many architects (notably Baldassarre Peruzzi, Vignola, Andrea Palladio and Alberto Alberti) were commissioned to propose solutions for it, but a definitive one was never found. Jacopo della Quercia of Siena enriched the main doorway with sculptures (illustrated, left) and two new small flanking doorways, with subjects taken from the Old Testament, forming a traditional prelude to the new dispensation that is represented by the basilica itself. The heroic nudes of Adam and other figures in the rectangular bas-relief panels were an inspiration to artists of the Renaissance.
In 2006, plans by Muslim terrorists to destroy the Basilica were thwarted by Italian police. The terrorists claimed that a 15th-century fresco inside depicting the Prophet Mohammed in Hell being devoured by demons is insulting to Islam
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Great tones, POV, framing, contrast, and details.
Nice job.
TFS
Leanne
Ciao Sabrina ,
bella elaborazione in bianco e nero per questa piazza ed edificio , mi ricorda molto quando lavoravo in camera oscura , guardando questa foto, mi sembra di risentire l'odore degli acidi che si respiravano nella stanza.
ancora complimenti per la tua galleria anche se piccolina ma sicuramente diventera' grandiosa .
Giorgio
- cknara
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POV is perfect.Nicely captured daily life shot.
B&W makes this photo really an interesting one.
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