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Carlo Maderno (Maderna) (1556 – 31 January 1629) was an Italian [1] architect, born in today's Ticino, Switzerland, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façades of Santa Susanna, St. Peter's Basilica and Sant'Andrea della Valle were of key importance in the evolution of the Italian Baroque.
Carlo Maderno (born 1556, Bissone, Milan—died Jan. 30, 1629, Rome) was a leading Roman architect of the early 17th century, who determined the style of early Baroque architecture. Maderno began his architectural career in Rome assisting his uncle Domenico Fontana.
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Jun 11, 2018 · The Italian architect Carlo Maderno (1556-1629) was the creator of the early baroque style in architecture. Carlo Maderno was born at Capolago on Lake Lugano. He went to Rome before 1588 and worked for his uncle, Domenico Fontana, the architect to Pope Sixtus V.
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Carlo Maderno was a Roman architect whose career bridged the gap between the late Renaissance and the early Baroque. He was born into a family of architects, whom he worked with in the late fifteenth century on various architectural projects around Rome. His early style reflected his training in the late-Renaissance style of Rome.
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Apr 5, 2020 · Carlo Maderno was an active architect in Rome. He mainly dealt with projects for churches and palaces, but also for fountains and sculptures. His most famous work is the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, whose image, thanks to the election of the new Pope Francis I, has recently been broadcast by all media.
Carlo Maderno died on 31 January 1629 in Rome, where he had risen to become one of city’s most important architects. Born in today’s Ticino in 1556, the young Carlo, together with four of his brothers, moved to Rome in 1588 to assist their uncle, the well-known architect Domenico Fontana.
The Fountains of St. Peter's Square ( Italian: Fontane di Piazza San Pietro) are two fountains in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, created by Carlo Maderno (1612–1614) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1667–1677) to ornament the square in front of St. Peter's Basilica.
