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Nationality. Italian. Known for. Architecture. Movement. Baroque. Façade of St. Peter's Basilica from Rome. 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.
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Mar 25, 2024 · 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 · Maderno, Carlo ( c. 1556–1629). Leading architect working in Rome from the mid-1570s, before Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona developed the Baroque style to its greatest potential. He started under D. Fontana, his uncle, and was involved in the re-erection of the Ancient Egyptian obelisks at Piazza di San Pietro (1586), Piazza dell'Esquilino ...
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Carlo Maderno and His Architecture. 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 ...
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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.
By Anne Leader and Martina Bollini. 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 architect Carlo Maderno, who has been described as one of the fathers of Italian Baroque architecture, died on this day in 1629 in Rome. His most important works included the facades of St Peter’s Basilica and the other Roman churches of Santa Susanna and Sant’ Andrea della Valle.
