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15 arc 5.4 –History Of

Architecture- IV
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Basilica of Sant’Andrea , Mantua

• Is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and
minor basilica in Mantua, Italy
• Is one of the major works of the 15th
century Renaissance architecture in
Northern Italy commissioned by
Ludovico III Gonzaga.
• Works began in 1472 according to
the designs by Leon Batista Alberti
on a site occupied by a Benedictine
Monastery of which the bell
tower(1419) remains
• The building was finished 328 years
later.
• Though later changes and expansion
altered Alberti 's design, the church
is still considered to be one of Leon
Alberti‘s works.

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Architecture
• The façade, built abutting a pre-existing
bell tower (1414), is based on the
scheme of the ancient Arch of Titus
• ( Triumphal arch).
• It is largely a brick structure with
hardened stucco used for the surface.
• It is defined by a large central arch,
flanked by Corinthian pilasters.
• There are smaller openings to the right
and left of the arch.
• A novel aspect of the design was the
integration of a lower order, comprising
the fluted Corinthian columns, with a
giant order, comprising the taller,
unfluted pilasters.
• The whole is surmounted by a
pediment and above that a vaulted
structure, the purpose of which is not
exactly known, but presumably to shade
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• The nave is roofed by a barrel vault, one

of the first times such a form was used in
such a monumental scale.
• Alberti possibly planned for the vault to
be coffered, much like the shorter barrel
vault of the entrance, but lack of funds led
to the vault being constructed as a simple
barrel vault with the coffers then being
painted on.
• Originally, the building was planned
without a transept, and possibly even
without a dome. This phase of
construction more or less ended in 1494.
• In 1597, the lateral arms were added and
the crypt finished. The massive dome
(1732–1782) was designed by Fillipo
Juvarra and the final decorations on the
interior added under Paolo Pozzo and
others in the late 18th and early 19th
centuries.

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• In the bellower there are five

bells cast in the 19th century.
One of the chapels houses the
tomb of the early Renaissance
painter Andrea Mantegna, with
a bronze figure of him
• Other artworks in the chapels
include frescoes of Giulio
Romano’s school.

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